56- yr old woman swims across atlantic ocean

[mchammer75040]

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9195214/?MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002

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

 

[Rizzo]

Holy shit that's strong.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Anyone else reminded of Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

 

[Warped]

Anyone else reminded of Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

thats what she said!

 

[Bad^Hat]

Cool story, but I was actually more interested in this:

What?

 

[mchammer75040]

^fckin lol I didn't notice that and no BHC I've never seen the movie.

 

[Dekstar]

Wow that woman has soul. Too bad it was over a month, if it was a race she wouldn't have placed.
Also, what did this accomplish? What was her porpoise?

 

[mchammer75040]

I don't know maybe to fckin challenge herself and do something she enjoyed. :dozey::|
EDIT: lol nvm..maybe I should learn to read better...

 

[Krynn72]

Lame.

Call me when a 70 year old upper class white woman walks through Harlem.

 

[Sheepo]

I don't know maybe to fckin challenge herself and do something she enjoyed. :dozey::|

Haha. You missed the pun entirely.

 

[MJ12]

... but wait, how did her skin not deteriorate???

 

[Krynn72]

... but wait, how did her skin not deteriorate???

She cheated and used a boat for most of it.

 

[morgs]

Wow that woman has soul. Too bad it was over a month, if it was a race she wouldn't have placed.
Also, what did this accomplish? What was her porpoise?

She accomplished her dream, it says that in the original post.

 

[Adabiviak]

Figge woke most days around 7 a.m., eating pasta and baked potatoes while she and the crew assessed the weather. Her longest stint in the water was about eight hours, and her shortest was 21 minutes. Crew members would throw bottles of energy drinks as she swam; if the seas were too rough, divers would deliver them in person. At night she ate meat, fish and peanut butter, replenishing the estimated 8,000 calories she burned a day.

Not nearly as impressive as the title made it out to be - sounds more like a vacation for someone who really likes to swim (not to make light of an otherwise very impressive feat).

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Interesting, very holy shit.

 

[CombineHunter]

Wow that woman has soul. Too bad it was over a month, if it was a race she wouldn't have placed.
Also, what did this accomplish? What was her porpoise?

Wait i see what you did there.

 

[Sheepo]

She accomplished her dream, it says that in the original post.

Are you guys kidding me? Are you that stupid?

Edit: Haha, evidently combinenunter is smarter than you, and that's impressive

 

[Krynn72]

She accomplished her dream, it says that in the original post.

It appears you misunderstood. I dont think you'll ever be a pundit.

 

[Raziaar]

Yeah I'm sure I could do it too if I had the amenities she had... a crew tossing energy drinks and shit to me... lawl.

For some reason I just can't be impressed by this. I'd be more impressed with the people who swim across the English Channel...

 

[bam23]

Anyone else reminded of Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

yes.

now all we need is someone that's been struck by lightning 7 times

 

[Sulkdodds]

Yeah I'm sure I could do it too if I had the amenities she had... a crew tossing energy drinks and shit to me... lawl.

For some reason I just can't be impressed by this. I'd be more impressed with the people who swim across the English Channel...

Well, swimming the English channel takes just under a full day, which you would prepare for for a long time and then take a major wind-down afterwards. The Atlantic, well, it would probably take you much, much longer.

 

[nurizeko]

Impressive.

 

[Raziaar]

Well, swimming the English channel takes just under a full day, which you would prepare for for a long time and then take a major wind-down afterwards. The Atlantic, well, it would probably take you much, much longer.

Yeah, but it's entirely impossible without shitloads of water and food that you have to take along with you on a nice comfortable boat with a crew tossing you energy drinks and shit.

Now... if she took along with her a huge amount of food and water attached to waterproof floating bags and shit she pulled along with her and managed to make it out like that... not drowning while she sleeps. I would be impressed.

As it stands, the way she did it, any good swimmer or even a mediocre swimmer could swim/tread water/doggy paddle for the 20 minutes to 8 hours that she did every day.