Saario got a fever on Wednesday.
Jari Saario’s new rowing job started this week. Stock photo. Rosa Bröijer
For Jari Saario has developed a fever right at the beginning of a big rowing trip.
On Tuesday, Saario left Cape Horn in Chile for South Africa. On Wednesday, he updated on his Instagram story that he has fallen ill.
– I rarely have a fever. Now the fever has risen, a storm is starting here and it will be interesting to see what kind of waves there will be.
The rower said that his boat had been on its side a couple of times already.
– It hasn’t gone around yet. You have to try to somehow be able to manage, even if your ability to function is not the best in the world. Fortunately, I have tangerines with me, so I even got something to feel good about. Towards the storm.
Saario was said to have made history at the very beginning of her journey. He reportedly became the first to row solo around Cape Horn.
A rowing journey of almost 8,000 kilometers, lasting months, through the world’s most dangerous sea areas lies ahead.