Will A SEAL Be Able To Follow Penny Palfrey?
Walter Scott, a former Navy SEAL and attorney, will attempt to replicate Penny Palfrey‘s 40-mile (64 km) channel swim between Santa Barbara Island and the California mainland this weekend.To date, Palfrey has been the only person to complete this 64 km crossing. Under horrendous conditions, Palfrey completed the swim in 17 hours 53 minutes on September 25th 2009. Nearly 4 years to the date, Scott will enter the same waters that Palfrey conquered with the same goal to walk onshore somewhere along the California coastline.
For months on end, Scott has been training 5-6 times per week in the Pacific Ocean before the sun rises. In the darkness before work and not to take away from family time, he starts from La Jolla Cove and puts in his workouts and miles near San Diego, California. This weekend, he will hope for the best conditions possible, but like a well-prepared Navy SEAL, preparing for the worse.
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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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