A 49-year-old grandmother who wanted to become the first person to swim 103 miles from Cuba to the Florida Keys unassisted ended her bid early Sunday morning when a strong current in the shark-infested waters made it "impossible" for her to continue, her team said.
Penny Palfrey, an Australian-British endurance swimmer, braved jellyfish stings and the scorching sun but kept swimming since taking to the water Friday morning.
Had she been able to keep up her pace, she would have come ashore on the Florida Keys on Sunday afternoon.
But at 2 a.m. Sunday, her team said in a Facebook post that the attempt was halted.
"Penny Palfrey had to be pulled out of the water, after swimming for more than 40 hours, at approximately midnight tonight due to a strong southeast current that made it impossible for her to continue her swim," the post said. "Penny is presently on her escort boat being taken care off by her crew."
The note didn't say how far she had ultimately swum.
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I did not see one post that was anywhere near the topic, so I said, what the hell, let me join this pick a topic workshop.
I enjoy your jokes. I don't enjoy others picking on one person who is also "off topic" just to engage in what ever their agenda is with that regular.
Keep posting your jokes, I really do enjoy them.
Have a great afternoon.
I enjoy your jokes too bobcat, just get a little offended when someone considers this *his thread* and other opinions dont mean *squat!*
And its awfully hard to fake an interest in a subject thats been repeated over and over and over! And i dont think hes had an original idea since Reagan was in office! But if i wanta hear pete and repeat i can pick any bar, gosh knows the drunks do it!!
Mary looked up into the topic and saw a hat, turning to chrissy she asked; "What and the hell is that bobcat in a hat thinking?
Here's a topic:
I may have used it already.
Rhode Island is neither a road, nor an island.
Discuss.
lmao @ HIDE BEHIND, nice thought but that one never asks she just preaches and repeats the wordly one. Puppet is what they call someone like that.
@chrissy...'thread' is short for 'conversation'. Like, in a room full of people celebrating a holiday, though July 4th is the topic, there will be several convos going on at the same time. Also, the thread shredders and their willful ignorance.
Like yesterday when that person came on and sucked all the joy out of the light-hearted BBthread, I believe?
That's the definition of a thread shredder?
Yep.
That's willfull ignorance, all right.
Zylon B, an odorless gas. Like a person who can't smell something obviously fishy. A person with duct-taped eyebrows, so they won't raise when something smells afoul. Can't smell a thing, but can feel the dude standing next to her. he he
Boy, that woman could swim!
I do need to rescind part of my post on originality. There was one beautiful original story from this person. It was when he posed as a homeless person for a few days. I think he did it to get a feel for what ppl go thru, or at least i hope thats why!
lol @ banasy, i guess grandmoms aint as washed up as ppl think huh? Did you see the article the other day about the 64 yr old great grandmother that was a body builder?
Well, I'm off to read a book.
Have a fabulous day, all.
omgoodness that's the same thing I'm doing today...scary
Oh noooooooooooes! lol.....
What a wimp. Quitters never win.
Oh *do* have yourself a fabulous day. And, do behave dahling. Owe DO behave. he he