Swimming From South To North In Lake Tahoe
Dave Van Mouwerik successfully completed a south-to-north crossing of Lake Tahoe on August 14th. Dave eloquently described his 13 hour 51 minute here (with such passages as “…the first eight and a half hours were excellent— swimming under a full moon, exquisitely calm water, the escort boat running with no lights, the muted lights of glow sticks hanging off of the escorting paddle board and kayaks, watching the slow process of the sunrise off my right shoulder…).”
“The last five hours were rough business indeed with significant chop and swell. The ending was at Hyatt Beach in Incline Village.
I think this swim has a lot of potential for future traditional marathon open water swimmers. Ken Harmon was a great resource for me as I prepared for this event.”
His first-hand account is here.
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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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