Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. American Myrtle Huddleston and Canadian Wayne Strach swam 75 years apart and had similar experiences in the middle of the night in the middle of their swims. Five years after she learned how to swim, Myrtle Huddleston attempted the first widthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe in California. During the Great
Mina Rhoden Forging An Open Water Path Featuring Mina Rhoden by Al Jaurique on Vimeo. Mina Rhoden, an African American open water swimmer from Novato, California, completed her first marathon swim across Lake Tahoe in 10 hours 55 minutes this week. But she has done so much more. "Historically, African Americans are not known for being swimmers," says the
Mina Rhoden Completes A Widthwise Lake Tahoe Crossing Courtesy of Suzie Dods, Lake Tahoe, California. Escorted by Suzie Dods and piloted by Tom Linthicum, a pair of friends attempted a widthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe. In her first marathon swimming attempt, Mina Rhoden from Novato, California completed her Lake Tahoe crossing in 10 hours 55
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 25 athletes competed in the high-altitude (6225 feet or 1,897 meters) Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim in Lake Tahoe, California "It was a lot of fun this year. We managed to get the race in just before the snow and rain made its way across the lake," explains Kimberly Moore, Marketing Director. "It was a bit
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 28th annual Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim in Lake Tahoe, California will be held on March 5th. As usual, hundreds of spectators are expected to line the pier and deck at Gar Woods Grill & Pier in Carnelian Bay to watch dozes of hardy souls swim 250 yards out and back to the end of the pier in the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chad Starks became the sixth person to swim the 19-mile length of Bear Lake in Utah in the western United States. One of the handful of individuals who have completed the Utah Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Starks completed the 30.5 km lengthwise traverse of Bear Lake in 13 hours 9 minutes under the
The Triple Crown of Lake Monster swims includes swims across Loch Ness, Lake Memphremagog and Lake Tahoe
The swimming community continues to evolve and improve. The open water swimming world continues to imagine and achieve different and difficult swims at multiple levels. Their achievements remind us of the words of Harvard University president Drew Faust who wrote, “The study of the humanities enables students to imagine, adapt, assess, interpret, change
The Gar Woods Grill & Pier in Lake Tahoe, California hosted its 25th annual Polar Bear Swim in the high-altitude, low-temperature Lake Tahoe in Carnelian Bay as part of the annual North Lake Tahoe SnowFest. The 250-yard Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim drew a boisterous crowd. At an altitude of 6,229 feet (1,898m), water temperatures below 40°C (4°C) felt
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of the swims in the Northern Hemisphere that would be on the
