Word: oarsmen
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...experiences and feelings shared with other oarsmen were the essential factors which made crew worthwhile. The feeling of a boat working together and swinging along swiftly is not matched by many other sensations. After a race, the teammates in a boat are a close-knit unit, because they share the emotional and physical drain that has been spent in the race...
Before the race the oarsmen attended consecration ceremonies and festivities at the Temple of Luxor which adjoins the course. The races, re-enactments of annual ceremonies held in the Valley of the Kings over 3000 years ago, are designed to celebrate the past and stimulate Egyptian tourism...
...Crimson oarsmen traveled to London at their own expense since no University funds were available for the Cairo trip. The Egyptian government took care of all travel and accommodation expenses once the crews arrived in England...
Coach Parker was happy about the Ad Board's reversal and his oarsmen's role in it. "I never thought that the Ad Board would change its mind; it was most surprising. The fellows did all the talking and were persuasive. I think it's really fine," he said...
...fairly sure that the Ad Board won't do this for us next year. They allowed the trip this time only because there had been a lot of preparations made and because the oarsmen expected to go; it was a moment for compromise, but next year won't be." Parker said shortly before the crew's departure...