Eric Durban

Eric Durban, co-creator of the Mount St Helens Classic, a 4-day 4-lake 58 km stage swim held near the Mount St Helens Volcanic Monument in the state of Washington

Eric Durban is a 68-year-old open water swimmer from New Mexico.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

In September 2025, he established the 4-day Mount Saint Helen's Classic.
On 24-27 April 2024, he completed the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona.
Eric Durban and Lars Durban completed a 19.6 km crossing from Anacapa Island to the California mainland in 6 hours 10 minutes on 29 August 2023.
On 29 August 2023, he achieved the California Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming at the age of 68.
Lars Durban and Eric Durban completed a 32.3 km tandem crossing of the Catalina Channel from the Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 13 hours 55 minutes 20 seconds with Jax Cole, Riley Roth, and Mark Longrie with David Sundius, Don Van Cleve, and Patricio Libenson as observers.
In 2018 Eric and Lars Durban swam across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar in a tandem swim.
On 26-29 April 2022, he competed in the SCAR Swim, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona, finishing in a tie for 10th with his brother Lars Durban in 20 hours 37 minutes 36.0 seconds.
On 21 August 2022, he completed a 34.3 km crossing of Lake Tahoe from California to Nevada in 12 hours 44 minutes 20 seconds in a tandem swim with his brother Lars Durban.
He co-created the Mount St Helens Classic, a 4-day 4-lake 58 km stage swim held in Mayfield Lake, Riffe Lake, Lake Merwin, and Yale Lake that surround the Mount St Helens Volcanic Monument within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the state of Washington.

1. Ed Horne (UK) 67.8 years
2. Eric Durban (USA) 67.0 years
3. Lars Durban (USA) 66.7 years
4. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA) 64.8 years
5. Jim Clifford (USA) 63.2 years
6. Paula Yankauskas (USA) 63.0 years
7. Gina Harden (USA) 62.6 years
8. Sally Catt (Australia) 61.8 years
9. Mo Siegel (USA) 61.6 years
10. Denise Clarke (New Zealand) 61.6 years