It would be nice if some article described her first as a marathon swimmer or athlete, and saved the grandmotherliness for later in the article.
Or when discussing men's accomplishments, refer to them as fathers or grandfathers first, then as athletes.
Setting that aside for now, though I have immense respect for what she attempted and what she accomplished enroute! She definitely stretched boundaries. And each time a person does that--and knows the obstacles better--s/he will find ways to deal with those obstacles. It might take a while but it took a while between Mallory and Irvine's (?) Everest climb and the one made by Hillary. And it took a lot of attempts before Bannister finally broke four minutes in the mile--he had predecessors who tried... and no doubt he learned from their attempts. So will Palfrey or whoever else makes it across. It's not a swim I could even daydream about doing, and I have pretty wild daydreams!
Kudos to her!
It would be nice if some article described her first as a marathon swimmer or athlete, and saved the grandmotherliness for later in the article.
Or when discussing men's accomplishments, refer to them as fathers or grandfathers first, then as athletes.
Setting that aside for now, though I have immense respect for what she attempted and what she accomplished enroute! She definitely stretched boundaries. And each time a person does that--and knows the obstacles better--s/he will find ways to deal with those obstacles. It might take a while but it took a while between Mallory and Irvine's (?) Everest climb and the one made by Hillary. And it took a lot of attempts before Bannister finally broke four minutes in the mile--he had predecessors who tried... and no doubt he learned from their attempts. So will Palfrey or whoever else makes it across. It's not a swim I could even daydream about doing, and I have pretty wild daydreams!
Kudos to her!
