Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A goggle tan* is the division on a swimmer's temple and around their eyes between skin of noticeable paleness relative to the rest of the face that has been suntanned by prolonged sun exposure. Upper photo shows Vedika Bolliger, a 34-year-old Swiss swimmer who swam across Lake Geneva on July 30th-31st 1999
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Another marathon swim from the past has been discovered and added to the 24-hour Club historic list (see here): Vedika Bolliger of Switzerland swam across Lake Zürich both ways from Zürich to Rapperswil and back in 1997. The 56 km solo swim took her a total of 29 hours 0 minutes when she swam 13 hours 30
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vedika Bolliger looked absolutely radiant after she completed her 42 hour 45 minute crossing of Lake Geneva in 1999.* From Villeneuve to Geneva, the distance was 75 km reported Vasanti Niemz. In addition to her historic crossing, Bolliger also made 5 crossings of the English Channel including swims of 14
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The children at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten Sonnenberg Uster in Switzerland look at their teacher Vedika Bolliger as an educator and friend. But the open water swimming community remembers Bollinger as someone with incredible stamina. Over the course of her career, she made five successful crossings of
