The Year of Living Ep!cally
Eva Dean Folkert of Hope College wrote about the Epic Swim 2020 relay of Nick Hobson (shown above with Orca wetsuit), Jon Ornée, Dave Ornée, Jeremy Sall, Matt Smith, and Todd Suttor who completed a 91.3 km mid-lake crossing of Lake Michigan from Two Rivers in Wisconsin to Big Sable Point in Michigan, in August 2020 after 20 hours 50 minutes here (The Year of Living Ep!cally).
The team came up with a different kind of on-the-surface swim streamer that was floated off the back of their escort boat (shown above and below).
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