❌

Reading view

Endurance athlete becomes first person to swim California’s entire 900-mile coast

LOS ANGELES: Ultra-endurance athlete Catherine ‌Breed this week became the first person to swim California’s entire 900-mile (1,448 km) coastline, completing the journey from Oregon to Mexico in less than four months. Breed, 33, ​a San Francisco Bay Area native, confronted treacherous currents, storms, sharks and sewage as she swam a steady crawl stroke for up to five hours a day during her 111-day journey, according to organizers of the Swim California expedition. She was flanked throughout the

  •  
❌