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Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca

Steven Munatones 08/26/2019 No Comment

Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca Courtesy of Terri Schneider, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington (USA) - Vancouver (Canada). Kimberly Rutherford likes hard. Really, really hard - and preferably cold. Really really cold. The 60-year-old California ice and marathon swimmer, coach and administrator was the third person in history

Bert Thomas, Strait And Tough As A Marine

Steven Munatones 04/28/2013 No Comment

Bert Thomas was 17 years old during World War II when he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After a tough boot camp typical of the Marines, he was sent to the Pacific theater and fought in the bloody battles in the Marshal Islands, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. Trained and experienced in amphibious assaults, Thomas quickly learned to swim in the ocean as a native of

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Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca

Bert Thomas, Strait And Tough As A Marine