Cook Strait & Oceans 7 Done
First Australian & 12th in the World to Swim the Oceans Seven. The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of the seven most difficult open water channel swims in the world. It was proposed in 2008 by Steven Munatones as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It has been described as “the ultimate physical & mental challenge - extreme cold, huge swells, strong currents & deadly marine life”. I was fortunate to swim the Oceans 7 within 2 years & 2 months and complete the Triple Crown of Swimming within 3 months during that time. https://db.marathonswimmers.org/oceans-seven/ The Triple Crown consists of the English Channel, Catalina Channel & The 20 Bridges - the latter being a 47km race around Manhattan Island, New York, where I managed third place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Open_Water_Swimming I completed Cook Strait, the last of my Oceans 7 swims, on 14 November 2018. It's ...