圣迭戈：女泳将 Catherine Breed 游完全加州海岸线，111 天约 900 英里
位于加州圣迭戈县的 San Diego 海滩10月19日下午迎来耐力泳将 Catherine Breed 登岸。她完成了游完加州全海岸线的挑战，成为有记录以来第一位完成这一全程的人。
Breed 现年33岁，今年7月1日从俄勒冈州州界附近的 Crescent City 下水，沿太平洋一路南下，历时111天，游程约900英里（约1448公里）。据《纽约邮报》报道，她每天下水约5小时，一次游10至15英里，全程有一艘52英尺帆船和支援团队随行。
Breed 曾是加州大学伯克利分校校队选手和美国国家队员，2018年横渡英吉利海峡，2019年横渡爱尔兰与苏格兰之间的北海峡。她表示，此次挑战旨在唤起公众对海洋保护的关注。她说，几个月来她的世界以「接下来的几英里」来丈量，沿途每一个为她加油的人都帮她重新下水。
她对媒体表示，今年太平洋出现超级厄尔尼诺现象，原本自北向南的加州洋流方向逆转，几乎全程逆流而行，热带风暴是最艰难的部分；相比鲨鱼，她更担心沿途水质污染，并称在 Los Angeles 县与橙县外海一天内就捞起约十只聚酯薄膜气球。她的团队「Swim California」表示，此次远征的数据将用于海洋保护研究与公众教育。（GSM 据《纽约邮报》报道）
San Diego: Swimmer Catherine Breed Completes 900-Mile Swim of Entire California Coast in 111 Days
Endurance swimmer Catherine Breed came ashore on a beach in San Diego County, California, on the afternoon of October 19, completing a swim of the entire California coastline — the first person in history to do so.
Breed, 33, entered the water on July 1 near Crescent City, close to the Oregon border, and swam south along the Pacific for 111 days, covering about 900 miles (about 1,448 km). According to the New York Post, she swam about five hours a day, 10 to 15 miles at a time, accompanied by a 52-foot sailboat and a support team.
A former University of California, Berkeley, varsity swimmer and U.S. National Team member, Breed swam the English Channel in 2018 and the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland in 2019. She said the challenge was meant to raise awareness for ocean conservation, adding that for months she measured her world in the next few miles and that every person who cheered her on helped her get back in the water.
She told reporters that a Super El Niño reversed the normally south-flowing California Current this year, leaving her swimming against the current nearly the whole way, and that tropical storms were the hardest part. She said she was more concerned about polluted water than sharks, noting that her team picked up about ten Mylar balloons in a single day off Los Angeles and Orange counties. Her team, Swim California, said data from the expedition will be used for marine conservation research and public education. (GSM, based on New York Post reporting)
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