Jim Bayles, an English Channel Half Century Club swimmer, is on his way across Lake Erie on the standard 24.3-mile (km) crossing sanctioned by the Lake Erie Open Water Swimming Association (LEOWSA). According to Josh Heynes, founder of LEOWSA, "Jim can be followed his on the SPOT Tracker as he tries the join the small number of people who have previously
From space, Planet Earth looks very blue. It is a beautiful blue. But it appears that the blue is increasing turning green. A sickly green due to algal blooms. Lake Erie, the 13th largest lake in the world, is now being hit by humungous blooms that cover 20% of the lake due to fertilizers that leach into the lake and multiply due to a combination of
The History Behind And After Budney Beach Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Erie. Pat Budney set off with swimming buddy
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
