Years ago I read Conrad Wennerbergs "Wind, Waves and Sunburn" a great read on Marathon swimming. I pulled it out yesterday when George mentioned Abou Heif. I went back and read up on Abou and found our friend George mentioned frequently. The story of the 24 hour relay Le Touque swim is amazing in itself, but my favorite story is the one about Ted Erikson's swim from the Farallon Islands to Aquatic cove in SF Bay an unthinkable feat today. It's available in paperback, I've seen it on Amazon, and they have lots of used copies for 3 or 4 bucks. It's a great read, and you get a history of a sport almost unknown even among american swimmers. It was published in 1974 so it's a limited span of history, it misses the achievements of an American Marathoner Paul Asimuth who had quite a carreer in the mid to late 80's. Maybe there's an update in the cards.
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Brian
Years ago I read Conrad Wennerbergs "Wind, Waves and Sunburn" a great read on Marathon swimming. I pulled it out yesterday when George mentioned Abou Heif. I went back and read up on Abou and found our friend George mentioned frequently. The story of the 24 hour relay Le Touque swim is amazing in itself, but my favorite story is the one about Ted Erikson's swim from the Farallon Islands to Aquatic cove in SF Bay an unthinkable feat today. It's available in paperback, I've seen it on Amazon, and they have lots of used copies for 3 or 4 bucks. It's a great read, and you get a history of a sport almost unknown even among american swimmers. It was published in 1974 so it's a limited span of history, it misses the achievements of an American Marathoner Paul Asimuth who had quite a carreer in the mid to late 80's. Maybe there's an update in the cards.
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Brian
