Live Chat With Dr. Marcus Eriksen, Anna Cummins Of 5Gyres Courtesy of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, California. On Friday May 22nd from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm California time, Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins will discuss their work on Zoom. Marcus Eriksen is Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder of 5Gyres, an organization dedicated to empowering
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Annaleise Carr wanted something to top her Lake Ontario charity swim where she raised boatloads of money for Camp Trillium. Living in the area of the Great Lakes, the massive lakes presented many different opportunities for the big-hearted 16-year-old. So she chose a 75 km crossing of Lake Erie. But
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sportswriter Laura Young features over 40 swimmers in her new book, In Solo, Yet Never Alone: Swimming the Great Lakes. Why would anyone swim the Great Lakes? Young delves deeply and profoundly into that question. Her book addresses the mindset of people who challenged themselves in the big water of the
Jamie Patrick will attempt an ultra-marathon solo swim across Lake Michigan under the newly established MSF Rules. His goal will be the city of Chicago from far north in Lake Michigan. Chicago is recognized as the Windy City for a variety of reasons, but one is that the third largest city in America sits on the shores of Lake Michigan where the wind is
Great Swims In Great Lakes Courtesy of WOWSA, Great Lakes. Josh Heynes swam 24.3 miles across Lake Erie two times, five years apart. In 2006, he finished his first swim in the Great Lakes in 11 hours 53 minutes to set the record. It was subsequently beaten by Randy McElwain who lowered the bar across Lake Erie to 11 hours 23 minutes. But Heynes came
