Talisker whisky atlantic challenge 2021
Im Dezember 2021 ruderte das Team «SWISS RAW – Atlantik» (Roman Möckli, Ingvar Groza, Jan Hurni und Samuel Widmer) ohne fremde Unterstützung von aussen zu einem rund 5000km langen Ruderrennen über den Atlantik los – Die - The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
As winners of the race, we arrived in Antigua on 16 January 2022 more than a day ahead of the second-placed team and made history!
Thanks to the support of sponsors and equipment partners, we were able to achieve this common goal and raise CHF 20,000 for the Swiss children's aid organisation Kovive .
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Teams in the 2021 race year
50’000
Calories burnt per week
1.5
million oar strokes rowed
15
litres of water used per rower/day
70
kg body weight lost during the crossing as a team
7
metre-high waves during the crossing
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