Sara Outen arrived in Mauritius at 8:27PM local time to a celebratory welcome from friends and family after becoming the first (and youngest) woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean. On March 31, 2009, Outen set out from Fremantle (Western Australia) enroute to Mauritius in an attempt to become the youngest (and the only female) person to ever row across the Indian Ocean solo. The 24-year-old (celebrated her 24th birthday at sea) completed the open ocean voyage of over 3,000 miles in just 124 days.

During her journey, she experienced everything that the Indian Ocean had to offer from major storms to a rolled boat. Not to mention that she spent 4 months alone at sea rowing between 8-12 hours per day.

This epic journey was dedicated to her father who died in 2006. Her father had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and she has been raising money for Arthritis Care.

I am sure that in the coming days there will be more info about her trip (after she has gotten some good land based sleep, some cooked meals and recovered from being at sea for 4 months) and as it becomes available…we will post it on the site.