Kiwi Crossing: Twice As Old, Twice As Fast Courtesy of The Swimming Hole, Vermont. On August 19th, Charlotte Brynn, a native of New Zealand, completed a relatively rare 51.5 km crossing of the length of Lake George in New York. Lake George has a long history of lake crossings, notwithstanding its quick and unpredicted changes in weather. The 1927
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack Berkery is an 68-year-old lifelong runner who has run over 40,000 miles while participating in 475 running races on roads, tracks and trails over his career. Now he is turning to open water swimming with the help of people like David Dammerman, race director of the Betsy Owen Memorial Swims. The sport
David Dammerman, Chief Executive Officer of Great Mountain Investment Associates, set a record for swimming 32.2 miles across Lake George in 18 hours 54 minutes. The 47-year-old businessman and race organizer from Saratoga Springs explains what he confronted in the video above. Historic crossings of Lake George include: 1958 Diane Struble, age 25 in 35
On Golden Pond Courtesy of WOWSA. In Search of Memphré is a 25-mile cross-border swim along the length of Lake Memphremagog starting from Newport, Vermont (USA) and ending in Magog, Quebec (Canada). The first group started at 12:12 am and the second wave left at 1:12 am. The group included Liz Fry (53), David Dammerman (43), Bill Shipp (52), David Barra
