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Widger and Phoenix sailed from the Oregon coast in a boat he bought without knowing how to sail.
Awesome! Twenty-nine-year-old Oliver Widger arrived on May 24 in Waikiki, Hawaii, with his cat Phoenix in tow, the Associated Press reported. But he didn't fly there. Widger and Phoenix sailed from the Oregon coast in a boat he bought without knowing how to sail.
Widger was diagnosed four years ago with a syndrome that carries the risk of paralysis, so he quit his managerial job with $10,000 of debt and used his retirement savings to buy and refit the boat. "You know, you're grinding at your job all day long and ...
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