For 111 days, Catherine Breed's world was measured in stretches of open water. One day brought towering waves, another brought punishing currents, and sometimes the ocean offered little more than exhaustion and uncertainty. Swimming roughly 10 miles a day, the 33-year-old ultra-endurance athlete has now completed a 900-mile journey along California's coastline, turning an extraordinary personal challenge into a broader statement about endurance and ocean conservation.
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