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Offline bijou

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Jennifer Figge, 56, Becomes First Woman to Swim Atlantic
« on: February 08, 2009, 04:32:46 PM »
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico  —  Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.

Reaching a beach in Trinidad, she became the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — a dream she'd had since the early 1960s, when a stormy trans-Atlantic flight got her thinking she could don a life vest and swim the rest of the way if needed.

The 56-year-old left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa's western coast on Jan. 12, battling waves of up to 30 feet and strong winds.

David Higdon, a friend of Figge who kept in touch with her via satellite phone, said she had originally planned to swim the Bahamas, but inclement weather forced her to veer 1,000 miles off course to Trinidad, where she arrived on Feb. 5.

Figge plans to continue her odyssey, swimming from Trinidad to the British Virgin Islands, where she expects to arrive in late February. The crew won't compute the total distance Figge swam until after she completes the journey, Higdon said.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489704,00.html

What an achievement! I imagine she won't be relaxing the Michael Phelps way once she gets home.
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Re: Jennifer Figge, 56, Becomes First Woman to Swim Atlantic
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 04:34:57 PM »
Wow.  That is impressive.
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Re: Jennifer Figge, 56, Becomes First Woman to Swim Atlantic
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 07:23:52 AM »
Yo lady, there be sharks in them there waters.
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