Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:29 pm
If someone does swim the Atlantic, would someone then want to swim all the way around the world?Rochey wrote:Well, that explains how someone could swim the Atlantic.
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Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:31 pm
Kirk's explanation for climbing El Capitan - "Because it's there" - isn't enough for you?Mikey wrote:Still doesn't explain "why."
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:34 pm
No. That'a good reason for eating the last slice of pizza, not for life-threatening exertion.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:34 pm
To get famous.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:36 pm
Honestly, are you gooing to remember her name in a year? Better, until you read the article, did you remember the first man who swam the Atlantic - or even know that someone had?Rochey wrote:To get famous.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:56 pm
No to all three, but there are people who'd do it just to get their names in the record books.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:54 am
How do you swim in a cage?
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:55 am
Tsukiyumi wrote:A boat cruises alongside you, and tows it.USSEnterprise wrote:...Anyways, how the hell do you swim inside of a cage?
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:11 pm
So she got "towed" then, sort of.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:00 pm
Well, she still would have had to swim, or she would have constantly been buffeted against the back of the cage.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:46 pm
idk, why compete at the olympics?
or were you talking about why lie about it?
or were you talking about why lie about it?
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:21 pm
It's not analogous to competing at the Olympics, as she wasn't competing against anyone. As far as I can tell, she was just trying to get form one place to another, when a boat or plane would have been more effective.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:23 pm
Clearly, the solution is to hold a race across the Atlantic.Mikey wrote:It's not analogous to competing at the Olympics, as she wasn't competing against anyone. As far as I can tell, she was just trying to get form one place to another, when a boat or plane would have been more effective.
sorry.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:04 am
I was pointing that out because of the similarity of the drive of some people to push themselves to new levels, some people do that by performing their art to bring honor to themselves and their nation, others do it by taking on new more challenging adventures.
Re: Woman swims the Atlantic
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:33 am
And I'm pointing out that she did nothing of the sort. J.M.W. Turner created profound works of art in the early 19th century - profound enough, and with enough influence on art to follow, that I know his name even now in the year 2009. This woman - I'd have to go back and reread the article to be able to tell you her name.