Swimming from Hite to the Dam

[Ryan]

I’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff at the lake, but this one might just take the cake

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[Phillbo]

I could think off millions of other hobbies.

 

[Rivergoer]

Very ambitious plan, especially considering potential SJ croc and zombie encounters.

For those of us relics that don’t FB or Instagram…does he have date planned?

 

[upthecreek]

Anybody taking odds on this?

 

[Ryan]

Very ambitious plan, especially considering potential SJ croc and zombie encounters.

For those of us relics that don’t FB or Instagram…does he have date planned?

Starting next Tuesday. Thinks he will do it in 10 days.

 

[Tim Fortier]

I could think off millions of other hobbies.

He is not the first one. A guy I new from working construction did it back in the 80s

 

[sparkin5280]

Starting next Tuesday. Thinks he will do it in 10 days.

Shoot, I'll be on the lake Friday that week. I'll have to keep a lookout for him we'll be headed out of Bullfrog down to the Rincon area on Saturday. I suppose he'll be coming through there at about the same time. This is a crazy ambitious plan I wish him luck!

 

[Rainbowbridge]

If memory serves, in one of the Stan Jones maps he refers to a little sunfish as 'a brazen nibbler', and sure enough they would nip at you if stood still in the water.

So this guy deals with the crocs & zombies when swimming, and brazen nibblers when resting....

can't see how it could go very 'swimmingly' for him......

But, to each their own!

 

[KMartin]

Very ambitious plan, especially considering potential SJ croc and zombie encounters.

For those of us relics that don’t FB or Instagram…does he have date planned?

And don’t forget the very dangerous Sanjuanaconda.

 

[mobius481]

We pull out of Antelope on the 12th. I guess we could see him that day. But my money's against it. Am I reading this correctly that he's going to be swimming and pulling his supplies behind him with no boat escorting him? He'll be lucky to survive the main channel stretch between Padre and Antelope Point much less the maytag straits.

 

[RichieW13]

We pull out of Antelope on the 12th. I guess we could see him that day. But my money's against it. Am I reading this correctly that he's going to be swimming and pulling his supplies behind him with no boat escorting him? He'll be lucky to survive the main channel stretch between Padre and Antelope Point much less the maytag straits.

It says he has a "safety crew". So I'm guessing there may be a boat following him, but he's doing the entire swim as if the safety crew isn't there.

 

[mobius481]

It says he has a "safety crew". So I'm guessing there may be a boat following him, but he's doing the entire swim as if the safety crew isn't there.

That makes more sense.

 

[Phillbo]

And I assume he's smart enough to not swim down the middle of the channels in tight areas......

My legs are cramping just sitting here reading this.

 

[Ryan]

And I assume he's smart enough to not swim down the middle of the channels in tight areas......

My legs are cramping just sitting here reading this.

I’m not sure I would assume much. He even mentions how much extra mileage it would be if he isn’t able to swim the most direct path (which I’m not even sure how you would find that when you’re swimming)?

Anyway you look at this, it doesn’t sound like something I would want to do.

 

[Havalina]

I have a five spot that he is taken out by a boat.

 

[Rainbowbridge]

I have a five spot that he is taken out by a boat.

....and we assume you don't mean his 'safety crew' boat? .......or maybe that's the second boat to.....take him out.....

 

[FishnFly]

I think this is awesome. What an incredibly crazy thing to attempt. I hope he makes it safely and in 10 days or 15…Curious to hear all of his trials and tribulations.

 

[Ed_on_WD]

Anybody remember when Jack LaLanne swam from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf while shackled, hand cuffed, and towing a 1,000 pound boat? He did that when he was 60 years old!

He could have swam from Hite to the dam while towing his chase boat!

 

[Maverick5207]

Anybody remember when Jack Lalane swam from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf while shackled, hand cuffed, and towing a 1,000 pound boat? He did that when he was 60 years old!

He could have swam from Hite to the dam while towing his chase boat!

Ahh, the good ol' days.

 

[mobius481]

Anybody remember when Jack Lalane swam from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf while shackled, hand cuffed, and towing a 1,000 pound boat? He did that when he was 60 years old!

He could have swam from Hite to the dam while towing his chase boat!

So weird, I'm reading a novel where the main character talks about that exact story being an inspirational moment in his life and here we are, not 3 days later and I hear about it again. Never heard that story in my life before this week. Must have been something to see.