At 25, Barbara Pellick Does Another Rotto
There are so many extraordinary human interest stories among the participants in the annual Rottnest Channel Swim, one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims for very good reasons.Hosted by the Rottnest Channel Swim Association, the organisation was inducted as an Honour Organisation by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011.
The 19.7 km solo and relay ocean swim added another outstanding event in its history that dates back to 1956 when Gerd von Dincklage-Schulenburg first swam from the shores of Western Australia to Rottnest Island. And so did Barbara Pellick with her 25th crossing of the Rottnest Channel.
“The International Rotto crossing number 25 done and dusted,” writes Pellick on Facebook. “Pretty happy with my time of 6 hours 6 minutes but boy those stingers were something else.
Never experienced anything like them in a crossing before, where did they come from?
I thought 25 was a good number to retire on, but the thought of doing a crossing as a 50-year-old next year sounds appealing!“
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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