Attila To Attempt A Quick Two-Fer
Attila To Attempt A Quick Two-Fer
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.Attila Mányoki, who has crossed the English Channel and Tsugaru Channel as well as a number of other marathon swims, will have a tough double in the Pacific Ocean in a few weeks.
On September 21st, he will set off on a Molokai Channel crossing in Hawaii, and then will head over to San Pedro, California to attempt a Catalina Channel crossing on September 26th. “I trained a lot for this.”
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