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Σάββατο 4 Οκτωβρίου 2014

Tampa's Mary Mangiapia aims for kayaking history

Mary Mangiapa, who just got a master’s degree from USF, is in the process of kayaking the Florida Circum-navigational Paddling Trail, mostly by herself. She began at the Alabama border. “It has been kind of crazy,’’ she says, with bad weather and bears among her challenges.  
"I had no choice," said the 28-year-old from Tampa who hopes to be the first woman to complete the 1,500-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail. "But they were stranded and needed help."
The man and the woman told Mangiapia, who started her expedition Sept. 6 near the Alabama border, that their personal watercraft broke down Monday afternoon. They spent the night on a sandbar and tried to flag down passing boaters all day Tuesday off of Tarpon Springs.
"When I found them that evening they were trying to swim for it," Mangiapia said. "So I helped get ...more

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