Paramedic and triathlon veteran Will Rogers of Canada wants to help.
He is telling a story – about how to stop exploitation of children in Canada – while embarking on a long journey in the water, on foot and on a bicycle.
Along his route, including his most recent 13.5-mile solo lake swim across the Strait of Georgia in Vancouver as part of his Million Dollar Journey, he tells a story how to raise money and awareness for children who are most at risk from predators.
Rogers’ Million Dollar Journey is a total of 600 miles with 300 miles of running, 287 miles of biking and the 22 km swim across the Strait of Georgia, starting at the ferry causeway at Tsawwassen to Galliano Island. His 22 km crossing took him 8 hours 50 minutes as “lots of harbor seals and seagulls with the odd killer whale pod swimming.”
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.