Gather 2 teenagers, a young adult, a 40-something-year-old, and a woman in her sixth decade of her life, isolate them on a small boat for 5 straight days, place unfathomable physiological stress and psychological pressure on them, and what will they talk about? How will they emotionally support one another? Will the energy of youth by balanced by the
Rebekah Boscariol swam 52 kilometers across Lake Ontario for 15 hours and 33 minutes.Her motivation was clear: to raise money and give back to the cardiac care section at SickKids Foundation at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Rebekah is symbolic of swimmers who do extraordinary feats of endurance to benefit others and is a nominee for the 2011 World
Rebekah
Boscariol
took a page out of another Canadian teenager’s marathon swimming history when she swam 52 kilometers across Lake Ontario this August.
Replicating what
the famous Marilyn Bell did in 1954, the 17-year-old swam for 15 hours and 33
minutes to come close to setting a new record.
But her motivation and
goal was clear:to
