Off Their Rockers

Jennifer Figge. who lives far from oceanfront property in Aspen, Colorado, did a one-way from Cape Verde, Africa to Trinidad, beaching herself (February 5) after 21 days in big swells and strong winds. A sailboat tagged along as her watery base camp. 

After some R&R in a Trinidad hotel (staying away from the pool) Figge plans to swim second leg, to the British Virgins. If all goes OK, she’ll reach land later this month.

Back in Aspen, she trained in an outdoor pool during blizzards.

Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2009

Or so we thought! Latest report, Figge swam in a cage pulled along by the boat, she was in and out of the water, so it’s unclear how many hour/miles she actually swam. In athletics, as in finance, the unbelievable often deserves to be called that….