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Kenneth Frank
CRUTCHLOW
London, March 18th 1944 - London, January 17th 2016 |
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| 1958
- 1965 |
Active
member of Gladstone Warwick Rowing Club, London. |
| 1965 |
Lived in
and was an active rowing member of Thames Rowing Club, London . |
| 1965 |
Started 7
years hitch-hiking journey around the world visiting 60
countries. |
| 1969 |
As a
stringer/reporter for "Daily Sketch" (NY office) greeted
John Fairfax in Hollywood Beach Florida for arrival of the first
solo row across an ocean.
Arranged for display of "Britannia" at Buffalo New York
County Fair. |
| 1969 |
Entrant in
Race from Top of Empire State Building (New York) to top of GPO
Tower (London). |
|
1970 |
Drove
across the country from New York to Los Angeles and then
rode a bicycle from
Glendale, Los Angeles to Mexico City
- 1755 miles (2824 km) |
| 1972 |
Arrived San
Francisco to live there for next 30 years (residence still
maintained in Santa Rosa, CA). |
| 1974 |
Coordinated
San Francisco departure of the first row across the Pacific Ocean
by John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook (GB). |
| 1974 |
The first
person to run across Death Valley (the hottest place on earth, in
August - 130 degrees), from Jubilee Pass to Scotties Castle. |
| 1975 |
Swam from
Alcatraz to San Francisco at Christmas time. |
| 1976 |
Rode a
bicycle from London to Dundee Scotland, swam the Firth of Fourth
(river in Scotland) and run to Edinburgh. |
| 1977 |
The first
person to run 500 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco. |
| 1979 |
Rode
bicycle from San Francisco to Ketchikan, Alaska. |
| 1980 |
Rode
bicycle across Death Valley from Badwater to Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| 1981 |
Ran from
Badwater in Death Valley - the lowest point in Continental US, to
top of Mt. Whitney - the highest point in USA. |
| 1982 |
Sponsored
and coordinated Peter Bird's (GB) row from San Francisco to
Australia.
Associate producer of the film called "The Longest Row". |
| 1983 |
With Peter
Bird founded the Ocean Rowing Society in San Francisco, CA. |
| 1984 |
Film
"The Longest Row" won Grand Prix prize at La Plan
(France) Adventure Film Festival. |
| 1985 |
Became
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London. |
| 1987 |
Assisted
HMG in the release of British citizen Richard Knight from
Vietnamese prison in Hanoi. |
| 1988 |
Assisted
Thai Government in release of two Thai fishermen (arrested with
Richard Knight) from Vietnamese prison in Hanoi. |
| 1989 |
Entrant
with Mick Cerre of Globe TV in
"The Human Race" - a
scavenger hunt race around the world, San Francisco - San
Francisco. |
| 1991
- 2000 |
Technical
support of Sector No Limits programme and coordinator of rows of
Peter Bird (GB), Tori Murden (USA), Peggy Bouchet (France),
Elisabeth Hoff (Norway). |
| 1991 |
Among the
first westerners into Vladivostok (it was a closed city) to plan
Peter Bird's row from Vladivostok to San Francisco. |
| 1992
- 1996 |
Present 5
times in Vladivostok for start of Peter Bird's Pacific Ocean Rows. |
| 1997 |
Formally
registered Ocean Rowing Society in London;
launched the Ocean Rowing Society web-site (credit and thanks to
the American Director of the ORS - Tom Lynch);
was present to record Port St. Charles Ocean Rowing Race from
Tenerife to Barbados, highlighted on the Ocean Rowing Society
web-site;
established
Peter Bird Trophy For Tenacity and Perseverance at the
annual Dijon International Adventure Film Festival. |
| 1998
- 2001 |
Writing
book "Ocean Rowers" (with Steve Boga, USA);
directly involved in projects of several ocean rowers (besides
Sector No Limits team), such as Andrew Halsey (GB), Richard Jones
(USA) |
| 2001 |
Present to
record Ward Evans Ocean Rowing Race from Tenerife to Barbados.
Coordinated row of Theodore Rezvoy (Ukraine) |
| 2002 |
Coordinated
row of Fedor Konyukhov (Russia). |
| 2003 |
Involvement
in projects of Anne Quemere (France) and Martin Wood (GB). Coordination of the
project of Theodore Rezvoy (Ukraine);
Launching new design of ORS
ocean rowboat ("Ukraine", "Queensgate", "Macmillan Spirit") |
| 2004 |
Organizing ORSARR
2004 - Ocean Rowing Society Atlantic Rowing Regatta from La Gomera to
Barbados, commemorating 35 years of the first solo row across the Atlantic
Ocean by John Fairfax. Involvement in
projects of Stuart Boreham (GB), Pavel Rezvoy (Ukraine), Andreas
Rommel (Germany), Anne Quemere (France), Brett Sparrow (Zimbabwe)
and Scott Wonenberg (USA), Alex Bellini (Italy)
Organizing ( together with Julian
McHardy) The Second ORS Black Tie Dinner ( 120 attendees) at The Army
and Navy Club |
|
2007, 2008, 2011 |
Black Tie
Dinners |
| |
more to follow - under
construction |
