Ben Lecomte

Ben Lecomte was the first man who managed to swim across the Atlantic Ocean.

16 th. July 1998  he set off from Cape Cod taking 8 swimming suits, fins, a shark deterrent and a snorkel for swimming underwater. His goal was to swim on the way from Hyannis, Massachusetts to Brest in France (including a one-week stop in the Azores.)

During his  73- day journey, when he swam 5,980 km, he was accompanied by a sailboat. Crew was making him 6 dishes per day for around  7.000-8.000 calories. He overcame the waves and strong winds. There was also a big shark, which was following him 9 meters under surface. Why did he do that? He wanted to raise money for cancer research as a tribute to his father.

But after 20 years he began his swim of the Pacific Ocean. Ben started in Japan and was hoping to swim to California, but after 1,700 miles heavy wind broke the boat and swimmer decided to cancel the journey for his and sailor’s safety. The purpose of this single journey was to get people’s attention on plastic in the ocean.

Swimmer Ben Lecomte is swimming across the Pacific Ocean over 6 months - Business Insiderhttps://www.businessinsider.com/swimmer-crossing-the-pacific-ocean-2018-5?IR=T

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNqoBgyowJY

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzLFuhEyI0c

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