John Beeden(53)becomes the first person ever to row solo across the Pacific Ocean

 

A British father celebrated reaching Australia after a seven-month solo-row across the Pacific Ocean with his favourite biscuit

 

Shortly after stepping off his boat in Cairns, Queensland, John Beeden(53)said he was most looking forward to 'a ginger nut biscuit and a shower'.

• John Beeden rowed from Queensland to San Francisco in seven months
• He rowed 15 hours a day in a 19ft boat during the mammoth journey
• Said he most looked forward to 'a ginger nut biscuit and a shower' 
• Father-of-two said trip was '100 times harder' than he thought it would be
• He did trip after rowing Atlantic in 53 days and not finding it hard enough