Texts And Tweets To Follow Penny Palfrey

Steven Munatones 11/05/2010 Open Water Swimming No Comment

Fans and interested swimmers can follow Penny Palfrey on her audacious swim across the 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel next week.

Based on the wind conditions, it looks like she is going to push off from the rough and wild Kaena Point on Oahu on Tuesday afternoon on November 9th.

For fans in America, they can text SWIM to 32862 for real-time updates from her boat. For fans outside America, they can follow @swimopenwater on Twitter.

These texts and tweets will then be repurposed as Facebook updates by her friends around the world which will then be shared via emails and telephone conversations.

Communications open water style in the early 21st century. Gotta love the immediacy of it…as long as the signal remains strong in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.

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