Kelsey Pfendler's record-setting Pacific row and Catherine Breed's California coast swim challenge the belief that women are less willing to take risks.

Kelsey Pfendler became the first American woman to successfully row solo from California to Hawaii.

Kelsey Pfendler's record-setting Pacific row and Catherine Breed's California coast swim challenge the belief that women are less willing to take risks.

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