Channel Challenge is the Everest of Swimming
Bloomberg News Editor Sara Marley became one of fewer than 1,500 people to swim the English Channel, completing the crossing of the world’s busiest shipping lane on Wednesday in about 13 hours, 50 minutes.
Updated JULY 31, 2014
Sources: Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation; Channel Swimming Association; Bloomberg research; BBC; AP; The Crossing, Kathy Watson, Himalayan Database
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