8 Bridges Spans The Open Water
Visionary and marathon swimmer extraordinaire Dave Barra announced the registration is now open for the first five stages of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim.“8 Bridges is a 120-mile, 7-day, 7-stage swim in the Hudson River, New York. The swim starts at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge near Catskill and finishes at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. At the start of the ebb tide each day, swimmers enter the water at one of the 8 bridges on the course.
They then swim down river to the next bridge. The following day, swimmers resume swimming at the bridge where they finished on the previous day. The bridges are spaced between 13 and 20 miles apart.
The first 8 Bridges Swim will take place between July 8 – 14, 2011. We also have a Facebook Group.“
This definitely sounds like a swim that the indomitable Dave Barra devised.
Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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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