Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes… if she says it ain’t happening… then it ain’t happening! And she came into play this weekend for both of the big swims on the Lake… unfortunately.
Just a quick note to let you know that both Kim Lumsdon’s Lake O Crossing was stopped… and the world record attempt at the longest open water relay ever, 305 km from Kingston to Burlington, was also stopped.
I don’t know the details on either just yet, but this is what I got about Kim’s swim from Facebook:
From Kim’s website:
Unfortunately, Kim is being pulled out of the water due to stormy weather and navigation issues. Everyone is safe… http://fb.me/1fUpvUqwA
She was over 19 hours and 40 km into the swim. 6.2 km from the Spit and 11.6 km from MBP.
H E A R T B R E A K I N G * * *
From emailing with Colleen on the relay last night:
They were having a hard time with the water temp, Mona was taken to the hospital with hypothermia and dehydration, but is okay. Everyone was feeling the effects. They have decided to wrap it up in Whitby at about 2:00 on Saturday.
Not much else to say at this point, except: Congrats to both Kim and the Relay for a couple of very ambitious attempts and incredible efforts!!!
Cheers,
Rob