'Plenty of chocolate bars': first woman swims from Land's End to John o'Groats

Jasmine Harrison, 23, encountered a shark, whale, thousands of jellyfish and gunfire on 900-mile swim A 23-year-old has become the first woman in the world to swim from Land's End to John o'Groats. Jasmine Harrison, from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, completed the gruelling 900-mile swim on Tuesday after about three-and-a-half months of swimming.