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Autistic Swimmer, Avril 29 2004
The book was a disappointment for me in some ways. I am a swimmer and I was looking for some explanation for Lynne's extrodinary feats of swimming long distances in very cold water. Perhaps it takes a certain kind of blank mind to be able to accomplish such things and so she has no life other than swimming. Someone must have taken some photos of the venues and of her. Why not publish them in the book? How did she get so incredibly strong? Plus, a description of her weight at various times in her life would be really insightful. I read in an article in the New Yorker that she is 5'6'' and weighs 185 pounds. But she ignores that completely although it would be of enormous interest. Vanity perhaps. Also we don't know what age she was when she swam the Bering Sea. She sprints often to keep warm. She checks her hands to make sure they are paddles. She counts her strokes to 1,000 and then starts again. The doctors check her (...) temperature and its high. That's about all of the information she gives out. Her spectacular swims are quite exciting and fun to think about when swimming: the huge dolphins bumping into her, breaking through ice pans with her elbows and much more. But one more weird thing: she never has given up or lost. Just once when swimming in the polluted Nile River in Egypt she swallowed a turd and got dysentery and so had to drop out. Other then that she ALWAYS wins everything.
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Amazing swim stories, but not much else, Mars 28 2004
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The first time I heard about Lynne Cox was in the New Yorker. I read her story (an excerpt from her book) about her swim to Antarctica. I was totally engrossed-- inspired and intrigued by her determination and athleticism. When I saw her new book, I bought it thinking I was going to get the same compelling swim stories and more. Unfortunately, I didn't get the "and more" part. The book essentially covers her major swims -- the physical act of the swims and, in some cases, the logistics of getting the crew and authorizations to do them -- but falls short of being a memoir about a person. Let me explain. The book starts from how she went to swim camps (eventually finding that long distance swimming is her forte), and then details her major swims -- the English Channel, the Nile, the Cape of Good Hope, the Bering Strait, Antarctica -- but it doesn't cover anything other than her swims. I was left wondering a lot about her. To what does she attribute her incredible drive and determination? Did she ever hold jobs other than being a long distance swimmer? Did she ever get married and have children? I wanted this to be a memoir about a person who happened to be an incredible swimmer, instead it was about an incredible swimmer. I felt like I didn't know much about her, and hence couldn't relate to her, even after I finished the book.
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