72-Year-Old Man Rows Boat Across Atlantic Ocean in 96 Days, Setting New Guinness Record

72-Year-Old Man Rows Boat Across Atlantic Ocean in 96 Days, Setting New Guinness Record
Courtesy of Graham Walters
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A 72-year-old rower has finished a solo trans-Atlantic crossing he started at the end of January—well before the viral outbreak had spread around the globe.

Graham Walters set off from the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Jan. 25 and arrived in Antigua in the Caribbean on Wednesday, a journey that took 96 days.