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Kristin Roe completed her 30km double crossing of the Northumberland Strait

BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I. - After just under 15 hours of swimming in 19-degree water, a Nova Scotia woman completed a marathon swim Saturday that took her from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick and back, all in less than a day.

Kristin Roe, 27, touched shore in P.E.I. Saturday evening after finishing a gruelling 30-kilometre double-crossing of the Northumberland Strait, the body of water between P.E.I. [and] the Maritime mainland.

There is more in the complete Canadian Press article

Some links to related articles:

• Kristen did a single crossing in 2005: CBC Article
• Kristen swam from Cape Town South Africa to Robben's Island in 2006: MyMSC article
• Lara Gibson swam the Northumberland Straight in 2006: MyMSC pre-swim article, MyMSC post-swim article

Posted at 04:13PM Jul 28, 2008 by Lindsay in Challenge Swims  |  Comments[0]