Live, from the cbs bay area studios t is kpix5 news. I cant believe i did it. Tonight, this bay area woman just swam her way into the record books. The problem she ran into along the way that scared her more than sharks. Im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. Kim chambers is the first person to complete the 30 nautical mile swim from the farallon to the golden gate. She had her doubts. Christian hartnett . Reporter we are talking one of the toughest swim challenges into the entire world. Just four people have done it. Three since the 1960s. But kim chambers fulled through despite adversity. [ cheers and applause ] reporter a warm welcome home for kim chambers and her first step on land in 17 hours. Im completely overwhelmed. This is something i wanted for so long. I cant believe i did it. Reporter her hands shook and eyes glistened as she described her brutal 30mile ocean journey just minutes after it ended. She had doubts she would be able to finish what she started. It was really a
Becoming the first woman to swim from the fa ralio nislands to the golden gate and completed it in 16 hours touching the Golden Gate Bridge a few moments ago. Ann reuben has more on the treacherous conditions in the final hours of her swim. It seemed like the final stretch, stretched on forever but a cold kim chambers never gave up and 4 30 this afternoon, history was made and chambers was the first win to successfully swim from the islands to the Golden Gate Bridge. A 30mile journey that begin at 11 00 a. M. Friday in icy waters and the waters there are known for a feasting place was for sharks. But kim became sick and unable to keep nutrition down but when the bridge was in sight she couldnt give up. The Fire Department providing some fanfare and an emotional chambers made it to her goal. I couldnt have done this without my crew. I couldnt have done it alone. I had this crew and everybody just stuck with me the whole time and oh, my gosh. The new zea land native is no stranger to a c
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