Irishman found rowing naked across the Indian Ocean

MrMatisse

Ha ha

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0607/breaking23.html

He rows naked to stop chafing!

Long live the naked adventurer!:D

Hookah

He managed to age one year over the course of that article.

MrMatisse

Naked rowing does that to you.

Mr Benevolent

Dumb fucker.

TheZohanS

For those on mobile:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn denies all seven criminal charges relating to his alleged sexual assault of a hotel chambermaid at the Sofitel on May 14. His attorneys have given several clues to how they will argue that he is not guilty. They are:

1. That a consensual sexual act may have taken place.

In court last month Ben Brafman, Mr Strauss-Kahn's lead attorney, said: "The forensic evidence, we believe, will not be consistent with a forcible encounter". This prompted suggestions that, faced with reports that DNA found on the maid's clothes matched Mr Strauss-Kahn's, Mr Brafman was accepting that some kind of sexual act took place, but would argue that it was agreed to by the 32-year-old Guinean maid. On Monday outside court, Mr Brafman said again: "It will be clear there was no element of forcible compulsion in this case whatsoever. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply not credible".

2. That Mr Strauss-Kahn was only rushing to get to lunch.

After the alleged attack, Mr Strauss-Kahn left the Sofitel in a hurry, reportedly failing to properly check out of his room. For the prosecution, John McConnell, an assistant district attorney, has argued that this suggests the former head of the International Monetary Fund needed to get away from his crime scene promptly. But Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers argue that he left in a rush only because he needed to make a lunch date with his daughter Camille, a 26-year-old graduate student at New York's Columbia University.

3. That Mr Strauss-Kahn would not have behaved the way he did if he were guilty.

After apparently leaving the lunch with his daughter, Mr Strauss-Kahn headed for John F. Kennedy airport, which is on the other side of New York City to Manhattan, where the alleged attack took place. En route, he twice telephoned the Sofitel to report that he had left one of his several mobile phones behind. By disclosing where he was, he allowed the New York police – who by then were at the hotel following an emergency call – to send detectives to arrest him. Mr Brafman has said such a move would have been "inconsistent with logic" if his client were guilty. Bizarrely, Mr Strauss-Kahn's mobile phone was not even at the hotel.

4. That Mr Strauss-Kahn was not capable of such an attack.

Citing unnamed sources that are said to have knowledge of Mr Strauss-Kahn's defence team's thinking, The New York Times reported on Monday that his attorneys are "expected to pursue the issue of whether it is even physically possible for an unarmed man, who is not particularly physically imposing, to force a person to engage in oral sex." It is likely that such a defence will also hinge on the physical size of the 32-year-old Guinean maid, who is not being named or photographed due to the nature of the alleged crimes.

5. That the maid cannot be trusted.

Mr Strauss-Kahn's attorneys last month claimed to have crucial evidence that would damage the integrity of the maid's story. Their comment came in a complaint to the judge about leaks to the New York media by investigators or prosecutors. "Were we intent on improperly feeding this media frenzy, we could now release substantial information that in our view would seriously undermine the quality of this prosecution and also gravely undermine the credibility of the complainant in the case," they said. On Monday Kenneth Thompson, the maid's new lawyer, claimed a "smear campaign" had been mounted against his client.

Yakult

^Wtf?

Just lol

MrMatisse

Woops wrong article!

Hookah

TheZohan wrote: »

For those on mobile:

DSK escaped in a rowing boat?

TheZohanS

Hookah wrote: »

DSK escaped in a rowing boat?

Rowing boat was a euphemism.

M cebee

he must be mad with all those sharks out there

humans are their main food source-fact

Micky Dolenz

Correct article.

An Irishman calling himself “the naked adventurer” has been rescued off the coast of Australia during his attempt to be the youngest man, and first Irishman, to row solo across the Indian Ocean.
Keith Whelan (29) - who rows in the nude to avoid painful chafing from salt crusts that build up on clothing - got into difficulty late last night when a large wave hit his vessel and threw him across his sleeping cabin, cutting his head on a bolt.
He managed to treat himself to stop the bleeding before using a satellite phone to contact a friend in the UK, who alerted the Australian authorities.
At 200km offshore, the vessel was beyond the reach of the local coastguard search and rescue. Perth water police issued an alert and diverted the nearby Japanese cargo ship Fujisuka to pick him up. A GPS location tracker on Mr Whelan's website shows the boat about 150km from the town of Kalbarri on Australia’s western coast. The boat was lifted on to the cargo ship, and was damaged slightly in the process.
The Fujisuka is now heading for land, where Mr Whelan will receive medical treatment.
“Worst 48 hours imaginable but I am fine,” Mr Whelan posted on his Facebook page today. “Gutted is not the word for how I feel right now. But happy to be in one piece.”
Mr Whelan (30) a freelance events manager from Athy, Co Kildare, is attempting to cross the Indian Ocean – about 6000km – alone, in a journey that was scheduled to take three and a half months. He is trying to raise funds for the Keep a Child Alive charity, which provides anti-retroviral treatment and support to children and families affected by HIV/Aids in Africa and India.
Mr Whelan’s spokeswoman said he will likely need up to 15 stitches but it was unclear whether he would be able to immediately take up the challenge again. “Knowing Keith, I’d imagine he won’t let this deter him, and he’ll keep going,” she said. “If he has to abandon it will be because of damage to his boat and not to him,” she said. “I don’t know what condition the boat is in, but that’s what it will all come down to.”

Surviving on ration packs and burning up to 10,000 calories each day rowing, Mr Whelan was making the journey completely unsupported. His journey began on the May 7th and has been hampered by bad weather conditions since. He was forced him to spend some time on the Abrohlos Islands, from where he departed on June 4th.

His boat is only 7m long, and his sleeping cabin, in which he took refuge from a storm when the accident took place, is only 2m long and 1m tall. The boat is designed to upright itself automatically in the event it is capsized in a storm. He was protecting himself from the elements with sun block and by sitting on a sheepskin rug.

hondasam

TheZohan wrote: »

Rowing boat was a euphemism.

you trying to drive the mobile users mad.

Callan57

Sounds like a stag party stunt

Duiske

M cebee wrote: »

humans are their main food source-fact

Nope.. Sharks generally don't like eating humans. We are too bony apparently.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

An Irishman calling himself “the naked adventurer” has been rescued off the coast of Australia during his attempt to be the youngest man, and first Irishman, to row solo across the Indian Ocean.
Keith Whelan (29) - who rows in the nude to avoid painful chafing from salt crusts that build up on clothing - got into difficulty late last night when a large wave hit his vessel and threw him across his sleeping cabin, cutting his head on a bolt.
He managed to treat himself to stop the bleeding before using a satellite phone to contact a friend in the UK, who alerted the Australian authorities.
At 200km offshore, the vessel was beyond the reach of the local coastguard search and rescue. Perth water police issued an alert and diverted the nearby Japanese cargo ship Fujisuka to pick him up. A GPS location tracker on Mr Whelan's website shows the boat about 150km from the town of Kalbarri on Australia’s western coast. The boat was lifted on to the cargo ship, and was damaged slightly in the process.
The Fujisuka is now heading for land, where Mr Whelan will receive medical treatment.
“Worst 48 hours imaginable but I am fine,” Mr Whelan posted on his Facebook page today. “Gutted is not the word for how I feel right now. But happy to be in one piece.”
Mr Whelan (30) a freelance events manager from Athy, Co Kildare, is attempting to cross the Indian Ocean – about 6000km – alone, in a journey that was scheduled to take three and a half months. He is trying to raise funds for the Keep a Child Alive charity, which provides anti-retroviral treatment and support to children and families affected by HIV/Aids in Africa and India.
Mr Whelan’s spokeswoman said he will likely need up to 15 stitches but it was unclear whether he would be able to immediately take up the challenge again. “Knowing Keith, I’d imagine he won’t let this deter him, and he’ll keep going,” she said. “If he has to abandon it will be because of damage to his boat and not to him,” she said. “I don’t know what condition the boat is in, but that’s what it will all come down to.”

Surviving on ration packs and burning up to 10,000 calories each day rowing, Mr Whelan was making the journey completely unsupported. His journey began on the May 7th and has been hampered by bad weather conditions since. He was forced him to spend some time on the Abrohlos Islands, from where he departed on June 4th.

His boat is only 7m long, and his sleeping cabin, in which he took refuge from a storm when the accident took place, is only 2m long and 1m tall. The boat is designed to upright itself automatically in the event it is capsized in a storm. He was protecting himself from the elements with sun block and by sitting on a sheepskin rug.

Puts years on you, that does.

M cebee

Duiske wrote: »

Nope.. Sharks generally don't like eating humans. We are too bony apparently.

ya maybe i made it up:)

Karamoja

So it was supposed to take him 3 and a half months. Where in the fcuk is he supposed to get food in the middle of the ocean

Guy:Incognito

Karamoja wrote: »

So it was supposed to take him 3 and a half months. Where in the fcuk is he supposed to get food in the middle of the ocean

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://icanhasblog.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/l10326023a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://icanhasblog.edublogs.org/2009/05/11/fishing-rod-image-post-ch5-9/&usg=__MSKl01_J4nDmXWkgyUXuDOJwcNs=&h=650&w=543&sz=33&hl=en&start=0&sig2=hgfelk-kgp8Nyqq738mGcw&zoom=1&tbnid=K_6dJRZS7i9PpM:&tbnh=156&tbnw=130&ei=knTuTfHbM8u4hAeVmbyiBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfishing%2Brod%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1344%26bih%3D702%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0&tx=93&ty=67&biw=1344&bih=702


I'd be more worried about what happens when you decide half way across the indian ocean that you dont fancy rowing anymore.

Karamoja

You answered my question arseways. You opened a new tab, searched for a fishing rod. Went to the images tab. Copied and pasted the link here. Instead of typing "fishing". What a nerd!

But on a serious note, is he really just going to sustain himself on fish for 3 and a half months? No fruit or vegetables? I'm guessing he has some salt purification filter thing for drinking water.

DrHLecter

what a bell end.....

Agent Smith

pffft, should have motorboated.....

Saila

hondasam wrote: »

you trying to drive the mobile users mad.

I was only thinking of doing the same the other day, and how easy it would be to quote anything in linked article for those on mobiles...Lose

Saila

am I the only one who saw swam, when it really said row?
and the best bit with that was it made sense to swim naked for that long and the chaffing involved! :P

Overheal

Must have been some weekend.

richymcdermott

Lets me get this straight a naked man was found having a row with an indian person near the ocean :eek: