Swim for Hope
(1) The Swim for Hope relay was a 6-man ocean swimming relay that swam 60 miles (95.6 km) from San Clemente Island to the California mainland in 33 hours 8 minutes in 2002. It was the first relay team to establish this course from San Clemente Island to the California mainland.
(2) The Swim for Hope was originally a solo marathon swim attempt by Scott Zornig along the 40-mile (63.7 km) coastline of Orange County in Southern California. The Swim for Hope has raised nearly US$500,000 over the past 10 years for the City of Hope's pediatric cancer research.
(3) The Swim for Hope was a 23 km swim by Sam Barnett who swam 23 km around the World Islands in Dubai in 9 hours 54 minutes in a charity swim for Al Jalila Foundation, a global philanthropic organization dedicated to transforming lives through medical education and research on 17 November 2017.
External links
- Dr. Mariam Saleh Binladen and Andy Donaldson Complete World Island Swim
- Scott Zornig, Swimming For Hope
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
- Are You DRIVEN?
- Master of the Seas
- Marathon Swimming
- Dan Simonelli On The Pan-American Colibrí Swim
- La Jolla Cove Swim Club
- World Open Water Swimming Association
