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Updated: 4:02 PM Aug 4, 2005
Sixth Try A Success To Swim Superior
Man Makes 54-mile Swim Across The Largest Of The Great Lakes
Posted: 3:31 PM Aug 4, 2005 |
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After six attempts to swim across Lake Superior, there is success for Jim Dreyer.
In a storm and a near-hypothermic state, Dreyer reached Cape Gargantua, Ontario Thursday night. The 41-year-old endurance swimmer finished the 54-mile swim he started Monday at Whitefish Point, Michigan.
Dreyer is one of the first swimmers to cross all five Great Lakes.
A supporter, Tom Farnquist, says Dreyer was "on auto pilot for the last part" of his feat.
Farnquist and a few others in boats were periodically checking on Dreyer. He's been swimming alone and pulling his supplies in a raft.
Dreyer lives in Byron Center just south of Grand Rapids. He says his swim is raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and for a memorial to mariners who lost their lives in the Great Lakes.
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