A Record-Breaking Row: $41 Million Raised for Parkinson’s Research
Human Powered Potential
Inspired to endure.
California to Hawaii
Summer 2024
Miles on the journey
oars
days rowed
In June 2024, a group of four men — Brendan Cusick, Patrick Morrissey, Scott Forman and Peter Durso — completed the World’s Toughest Row, an ocean rowing challenge from Monterey, CA to Kauai, HI. The team, including one individual with Parkinson’s (Patrick), was entirely self-supported as they rowed 24 hours a day – in intervals of two hours on, two hours off – for 41 days.
This group – known as Team Human Powered Potential — set a goal of raising $28M for Parkinson’s research, in honor of the 2,800 miles they would cover. Their target was met and exceeded, and so they set a new goal of $41M, in honor of their 41 days on the Pacific. Incredibly, the $41M mark has now also been met.
- Total Matched Donation Amount: 100%
FUNDS RAISED TO DATE (including matched amount)
Fundraising Goal
Rowing To Beat Parkinson’s.
The goal of Human Powered Potential is to explore and expand humanity’s capacity for endurance — mental, physical and spiritual — while engaging in endeavors intended to test our limits. The team’s initial challenge was to row across the Pacific from California to Hawaii in Summer 2024, as a part of the World’s Toughest Row. The journey was successfully completed in 41 days.
Team HPP has more than 125 years of human-powered experience including climbs on 8000-meter peaks in the Himalaya; single-push alpine ascents in Alaska, Canada and South America; ultra-running, cycling, and skiing events; and the Race Across America (RAAM).
HPP works to benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
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HPP works to benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation in its fight against Parkinson’s.