Chicago Skyline Swim

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The Chicago Skyline Swim was a 25-mile swim in Lake Michigan in July 2008 by David Blanke of Austin, Texas (age 48), Chris Layton of Chicago, Illinois (age 49) and Marcia Cleveland of Winnetka, Illinois (age 44), a swim from one end of the city of Chicago to the other end, swimming from north to south.

Their support crew consisted of two motorized escort boats, two highly experienced kayakers, and three experienced crew volunteers on each boat. Each escort boat was fully equipped with Coast Guard Radios, GPS, and all required emergency equipment.

The swim took 12 hours, 49 minutes. Marcia Cleveland had these comments afterwards. "Man-o-man, I'm still alive. I'm tired, my left shoulder is aching, I have some major suit rubs, which I've covered with balmex, but I'm very very happy that it worked out so well and we were successful."

Crew

Mark Green
Rob & Max Carstens
Joe Gray
Cooky Donaldson
Dan & Paul
Richard Clifford & Tom Heineman
Heidi Kafka
Liz Kooy
Chip Gray
Jacob Karaca
Peggy Heineman
Laura Slevin Moriarity
Kaari Reierson
Susan, Kyle, & Kelly Bertram
Kris Rutford
Julia Green
Leslie Blanke
Robert Zeitner