Keep going

It can be hard to keep going. In July 1952 Florence Chadwick set off from Santa Catalina Island to swim the 24 miles or so to the Califormia shoreline. She had already done a similar distance in swimming the English Channel, but this proved more difficult. A thick fog descended that obscured visibility to the point that she could hardly see the boats accompanying her, but it was her inability to see the coastline that proved more damaging. She swam for more than 15 hours before giving up, exh...