Pacifica, California, resident Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to ever swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands without a wetsuit earlier in May.
A grandmother recently completed a historic, 17-hour-long swim through shark-inhabited waters off the Northern California coast – all without a wetsuit. Swimmer extraordinaire Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, completed the aquatic journey on May 11. She began at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge at around 3:27 a.m. and ended up at the Farallon Islands at around 8:30 p.m. that night.
Wetsuits are a great piece of equipment, especially for people that are starting out in open water,' Gubser explained. 'But I follow the Marathon Swim Federation rules and the open water swim world rules that, for the last 150 years, have been the same. Which is a swimsuit, a cap, some form of goggles, earplugs and a nose clip.' 'When you wear a wetsuit your skin rubs against the material,' Gubser added.
hope this story inspires somebody to not be challenged by a number their age or their weight. I mean, all of my body got me across that. That's pretty impressive,' she said. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.
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