Two-fer In Crater Lake By Tony Lillios And Kate Howell
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Tony Lillios and Kate Howell became the first individuals to complete a two-way, non-wetsuit 12-mile self-supported crossing of Crater Lake in Oregon. The duo swam August 13th in 55°F (13°C) water without any support craft due to the local regulations.
They carried a GPS unit which recorded their double crossing route (shown on left).
The friends from San Francisco topped the initial one-way crossing completed by Lee Fourrier in 1929. An audio description of Fourrier’s unprecedented swim can be heard here.
For additional details on the unprecedented two-way self-supported crossing, visit the Oregon Live article here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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