The U.S. woman who attempted to row alone across the Pacific has ended her odyssey due to bad weather, a steering system failure and the overall feeling that "things weren't going right."
"The past eight days have been interesting and we knew we were taking a chance with the weather and late season, concerned more about the weather upon arrival in California in the fall," Sonya Baumstein's expedition support team said in a statement, ABC News reported.
Baumstein sent out a distress signal and was rescued off the Japanese coast on Saturday around 2:22 p.m.
According to Japan Times, the 30-year-old departed from Choshi, Japan, one week ago, heading for San Francisco but sent out the signal about 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the coast of Japan.
The Japanese coast guard said she was rescued by a freighter traveling nearby at around 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) Saturday and passed her on to a coast guard ship around 8:55 p.m. (1155 GMT).
Baumstein was hoping to become the first woman to finish the 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) journey by rowing solo across the Pacific.
