Warren Wilson College graudate Katie Spotz, 22, is attempting to row a 19-foot boat across the Atlantic Ocean alone to promote Blue Planet Run, a San Francisco non-profit thatfunds safe drinking water projects. If she succeeds on her 2,500-mile journey, she'll be the youngest person to row across an ocean alone.

Here's what Katie has to say on her blog about her typical day:
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Wake up around sunrise and first check the GPS. Big smiles when I get “free miles” or pushed westward overnight by the winds and current
Breakfast time which is usually oatmeal, cereal with dried milk, rice or cous cous topped with dried fruit and nuts

Eat outside but first check for dead fish. Chuck any fish I find back into the sea where they belong

Start rowing until I am hungry again or want to change my iPod. Keep rowing until I hear a song so good that it would be rude not to stop and dance. I usually listen to music in the morning and audiobooks in the afternoon

Keep rowing and, if it’s too hot, take a dip in the water and wave to my fishy neighbors (while remaining connected to the boat with a safety line, of course)

If I’m especially tired, I’ll take a 15-20 minute powernap throughout the day

Keep rowing. Everyday is different but the waves have typically been 3-5ft and temperatures in the 80s

At midday I run the desalinator which converts the salt water into fresh water by reverse osmosis. This takes about twenty minutes to produce enough fresh water for a couple days

Row until sunset. On a typical day, I see a few fish and birds especially around sunset and, aside from the odd voice on my VHF radio, there is no sign of other human beings

Stop and have dinner, which is usually a carb-rich meal like pasta and a whey protein shake

Row for one more hour in the dark. I save some of my comedy audio stuff for night rowing

Once I am done rowing, I set the rudder and secure the oars for the night

Before I go to bed, I read a letter from home. Before I shipped the boat, my mom gave me 100 letters, one for every day of the trip, which usually brings me to smile, laugh, or, dare I admit, shed a tear

And then I check my emails and sometimes do a blog or write in my diary (in waterproof paper, might I add). I use the satellite phone for emails and calls. I have one ten-minute call a week, mainly to keep my sanity intact

Right before I sleep, I stuff pillows and dry bags with soft stuff (like my dry bag of clothes) around my bed and wedge myself in between. It helps keep me secure in a constantly moving boat. Sleep about 8hrs waking up several times to switch positions or let fresh air in