Jennifer Figge, (above) 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.
The 56-year-old left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa's
western coast on Jan 12, battling waves of up to 30 feet (9 meters)
and strong winds. She arrived in Trinidad on Feb 5 at 17:20pm.
If she can do it, you can do it.
A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN SWIMS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!
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Posted by Sun Feb 8, 2009 10:48am PST
Report AbuseTHAT'S COOL!!! There aren't too many people who would be able to that because it's so treacherous and dangerous!! God Bless Her!!!! I'm just glad she made it ok!!!
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Posted by Sun Feb 8, 2009 10:53am PST
Report AbuseHoly c**p what about sharks???? This is not an "if she can do it, you can too" type of achievement. She must have had a boat traveling along side of her dropping food and water down to her. I guess she just relieved herself in the ocean? Yuck! Not for me. Kudos to Ms. Figge for fulfilling her dream.
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Posted by Sun Feb 8, 2009 12:17pm PST
Report AbuseThanks Paris for the comment, and yeah, I love that film. You know how the Lion King came out at 1994? Well, I was born at that year too, so yeah. The Lion King and I are growing up together. -Hmstommy
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Posted by Mon Feb 9, 2009 10:00am PST
Report Abusethat is fantastic she swam all that way!!
she is doing more than people HALF her age!!
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