Woman swims the Atlantic

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Re: Woman swims the Atlantic

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Correct. For most of us, swimming the Atlantic would provoke a "cool, but who cares?" response. But the fact remains that she will get her name in a record book for this, which is all she probabyl wanted.
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Re: Woman swims the Atlantic

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correct, and for some it's not all about being the most famous person, just pushing themselves and conquering new obsticals.
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Rochey wrote:But the fact remains that she will get her name in a record book for this, which is all she probabyl wanted.
For longest-distance swimming hoax?
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I consider that a more worthwhile goal than actually swimmign across.
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For longest-distance swimming hoax?
Well, if she'd gotten away with it, I meant. :P
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