Ultramarathoner Sarah Thomas will be the first person to attempt to swim across Lake Mead. She begins her journey on October 6.
after a year of above-average precipitation and snowpack that melted throughout the summer. The lake's water levels are at 1,066 feet and expected to decline slightly before the winter.that she expects her swim to last 30 hours, and she won't be taking any breaks. When she does need to refuel or hydrate, her team will toss her the item from a nearby boat, and she will consume it while treading water.
Sarah Thomas swims the New Zealand Cook Strait in March 2019. Thomas plans to swim 50 miles across Lake Mead on October 6 to raise money for Swim Across America."I am most worried about the heat," Thomas, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2017 at age 35, told.
This will be Thomas' sixth time doing a swim over 40 miles, so she's familiar with the training load. She swims before and after work and completes long swims on the weekends. She said she conducts these swims not to make new records but to enjoy the beauty around the world. No swimmer has attempted the 50-mile trek that Thomas faces. She will start her swim on October 6 at the South Cove, where the Colorado River enters the reservoir. The river also has been severely impacted by the regional drought. Thomas will then swim to Hoover Dam, where Lake Mead ends.
If Thomas succeeds, it will be another record to add to her list, which includes being the first person to complete a four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours and 10 minutes in 2019, a two-way crossing of the North Channel in 21 hours and 46 minutes, and a two-way swim lengthwise of Lake Tahoe.
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