Lake George Marathon Swim

Caroline Block gets some well-deserved attention for her double crossing of Lake George https://poststar.com//article_2d878355-541d-5ff9-b41f-7f01

Caroline Block's monumental, unprecedented double-crossing of Lake George is finished. 103.6km/64.4 miles in 52 hours, 24 minutes (unofficial time). Observed by... Elaine Howley and Jeannie Zappe, with Kellie Latimer as crew chief, Caroline spent over two full days swimming cheerfully through persistently windy conditions and bitingly cold night air. This is was a historic swim in several respects: - 3rd-longest freshwater swim ever - new world distance record for a multi-segment lake swim - eclipsing Vicki Keith's 1987 double Lake Ontario - 7th-longest swim by duration (non-current assisted) We stand in awe and respect. Congratulations, Caroline!

From this week's Chronicle - Vermont's Charlotte Brynn broke the record last month for swimming the length of Lake George - and she is the oldest person to com...plete the feat. Plus, an upcoming event to celebrate a new book by Gwenne Rippon about her mother, Diane Struble - the first person to swim the lake, in 1958. https://www.glensfallschronicle.com/vermont-woman-fastest-/

Nice to see Charlotte getting some much-deserved attention.

Congratulations Charlotte. Record setting time, and more important, happy the whole time!