Female explorer: Harriet Chalmers Adams. (explorer who traveled 40,000 miles through South and Central America, and to Europe, and around the world during the 1920s)

Hopscotch | June 1, 1997| | Copyright

The Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz, California, was ice cold on this August clay, 1886. Eleven-year-old Harriet Chalmers felt her body chill as she dove through the waves. She shivered as she plunged her head forward. Her body came parallel with the surface. Her right arm cut deep into the dark blue water.

Harriet felt exhilaration as she swam. Right. Left. Her arms maintained a steady movement; her legs kicked rhythmically. The water no longer felt icy. Steadily she swam to a stationary wooden raft, 250 yards from shore. The raft came closer. She reached out her hand, ...

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