Pulling His Weight For Pugh
Lewis Pugh is on his way up Mount Everest to do his 1-mile swim in a glacial lake at 17,000-foot altitude.As Kevin Murphy said during his acceptance speech at the International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony this weekend in Florida, “Marathon swimming is a team effort for swimmers cannot do their swims alone and depend on the assistance of others.”
One of the sherpa carrying Lewis‘ boat is clearly pulling his weight in support of Lewis’ swim.
Photo by Michael Walker.
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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