Golly, that is one heck of a trip

I don't know that I am more facinated with athletes than I usually am, but I seem to be. Check this out. A gal gets in her kayak, paddles to San Diego, rides her bike across to Texas, hops back in kayak, does the same all the way around the US, across the top and got back to Seattle last Friday night.

It took her 439 days to kayak and bike around U.S.

From the Seattle PI: Saturday, September 16, 2006

Renata Chlumska paddled into Moss Bay to a hero's welcome Friday -- friends draped in flags of her native Sweden, others waving miniflags, holding signs, clapping loudly, holding champagne bottles waiting to be popped.

After 439 days circumnavigating the continental United States -- thought to be the first time this was accomplished -- kayaking through ocean swells, biking through desert conditions, witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Chlumska was overjoyed to have reached her journey's end.