From Athlete to Adventure Writer
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 10 Nov 2011 at 7:00 pm |
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| Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
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Lynne Cox completed her first open-water swim at age 14, when she swam across the Catalina Channel - 27 miles - with a group of teenagers from Seal Beach, California. In 1972, at age 15, Lynne swam across the English Channel and shattered the men's and women's world records with a time of 9 hours and 57 minutes. She was the first person to perform many swims worldwide, including across the 42-degree F waters of the Strait of Magellan; between three of the Aleutian Islands; around the Cape of Good Hope; and 1.2 miles in Antarctica, from the ship the Orlova to Neko Harbor.
Her efforts to promote diplomacy and peace have included swims across the Bering Strait, opening the US-Soviet Border for the first time in 48 years; across the Beagle Channel between Argentine and Chile; across the Spree River between the newly united German Republics; and through the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt to Israel and from Israel to Jordan, tracing the progress of peace between the three countries.
Dr. Gabriella Miotto, a family physician for more than twenty-five years, has practiced in California and Alaska. She is currently on staff at the Children's Clinic in Long Beach, California. Miotto is also a humanitarian, activist and poet. She has worked with refugees in Kosovo and Guatemala and has lectured on health care and human rights at Amnesty International as well as at universities and hospitals across the country. She is the editor of Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry.