What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific? Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte attempted a transpacific solo stage swim from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, California across the Pacific Ocean. En route before The Swim was aborted due to safety concerns and a damaged escort boat mast, Lecomte gave a speech about what he faced
Swimming Cape Horn - Nuala Moore On Her Extreme Adventure Courtesy of Nuala Moore. Nuala Moore of Ireland is hosting a presentation via Zoom on her Journey to Cape Horn on Tuesday at 7:00 pm GMT. The link is here. Cape Horn is an island south of the southern tip of Chile, reaching into the Drake Passage. In April 2018, Moore went south of Cape Horn and
Ben Lecomte's Vortex Swim To Reach Golden Gate Bridge Courtesy of icebreaker, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean. After swimming 300 nautical miles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in his Vortex Swim, icebreaker ambassador Ben Lecomte will finally reach the Golden Gate Bridge. Followers and fans can join Lecomte on San Francisco's shores on
Ben Lecomte's Vortex Swim In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean. On June 12th, Ben Lecomte and his escort crew of nine left Oahu, Hawaii towards the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He explains The Vortex Swim that started on June 17th, "The last few months were jam packed with expedition
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. No wonder Benoît Lecomte is swimming from Tokyo to San Francisco. He is swimming straight in a transoceanic stage swim. Or as straight as someone can swim in the Pacific Ocean according to cartographer Andy Woodruff who created maps that highlight beaches around the world that face a specific continent
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kara Lavender Law, Ph.D. is a Research Professor of Oceanography at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She will assist Benoît Lecomte and his team conduct scientific research as the swims across the Pacific Ocean on his 5,500-mile (8,851 km) transoceanic crossing. Professor Law
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoit Lecomte is undergoing his final preparation in Vancouver, Canada for The Longest Swim, his stage swim from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California. The swim is scheduled to start in December with a support crew of six: a captain, an engineer, a deckhand and three people doing scientific research on
Courtesy of Mark Ruffalo on behalf of Benoit Lecomte who is attempting to swim from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California. Benoit Lecomte's team will identify what he will be exposed to throughout his swim across the Pacific Ocean. This combination of science and ocean swimming has never been done to this extent or over such long distances, and is a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers have a great ability to multi-task as they balance their work, family and sport in what usually amounts to very long days that started out before the sun rises and ends long passed the sun sets. But there is one particular long swim that will be multi-tasking at a level never seen
Photos courtesy of Sean Vo in Huntington Beach, California. Say you are a kid comfortable in the water, either in the pool or open water. Then the annual Huntington Beach Pier Swim is a great introductory ocean swim for you. It presents challenges, but is generally over in 15 minutes for most swimming teenagers. Not only do you swim around the longest
