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16:09 December 18th, 2008

A rough row to hoe

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Italian rescued just short of rowing the Pacific solo

Alex Bellini, 30, set off from Lima, Peru in February and finally called off his trip on Friday, just 65 nautical miles from Australia’s east coast. During that time he lived on dried foot and distilled seawater and did not set foot on land once.

He ate dried foot?

C.B.

We meant food, of course. We corrected: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo/Gino Nalini/Handout

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