Meet the Man Doing a 10-Day, Self-Supported Swim Across a 140-Mile Lake

Meet the Man Doing a 10-Day, Self-Supported Swim Across a 140-Mile Lake

Shane Schieffer is making an attempt to swim the complete 140-mile size of Lake Powell in 10 days, self-supported. Yeah, which means he’s dragging 215lbs of substances behind him on a paddle board whereas he swims. He’s documenting the whole thing on Instagram; right here’s a video the place he explains all of the gear he’s taking with him.

I’m making an attempt to be the primary particular person ever to swim throughout Lake Powell. Here’s how I’m making ready for this huge journey-

I will probably be swimming from Hite Crossing Bridge in Utah to Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. This implies that I might want to swim 140 miles in simply 10 days. Ambitious, I do know.

This journey will probably be utterly unassisted. My security crew is not going to offer me meals, navigation, or pacing.

To carry my gear, I’ve designed a floating rig from an inflatable paddle board with solar energy, water filtration, and dry packing containers for meals storage, gear, and human waste (sure, I will probably be leaving NO hint).

Schieffer, 49, goes to be consuming 8000 energy every day on his journey and told a local TV station that “I’ve anticipated about 200,000 rotations of the shoulders out there in the water”.

He began on Sept 2, so that is day 3 of the journey. Again, you can keep up with the whole thing on Instagram.