Edie Hu (50, USA, MSF bio here, @edieswimshongkong) is one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women, having swum all over the world:
- 15 km Cold Half and Clean Half and the 45 km HK360 Swim around Hong Kong
- 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia
- 19.5 km attempt at the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan
- 29 km Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
- 14.2 km Maui Channel from Lanai to Maui
- 34.2 km Lake Tahoe in California
- 33.5 km English Channel from England to France
- 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City
- 32.3 km Catalina Channel in Southern California
- 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco
- 23 km Cook Strait in New Zealand
- 45 km Molokai Channel in Hawaii [today]
This morning at 1:58 am, she set off from Sandy Beach on Oahu on a rare Oahu-to-Molokai attempt. She aimed to become the first woman to complete a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel. Tonight, she successfully landed on South Pāpōhaku Beach on Molokai Island at 6:07 pm, captained by Michael Twigg-Smith (@captmike808).
Her pretty straight tracker of her 16 hour 9 minute swim across the Molokai Channel is here.
Oahu to Molokai Crossings
- Harry Huffaker (32 at time of crossing, USA, MSF bio here) in 1972 in 16 hours 15 minutes
- Forrest Nelson (40 at time of crossing, USA, MSF bio here) in 2006 in 16 hours 36 minutes
- Graco Morlan (49 at time of crossing, Mexico, MSF bio here) in 2024 in 15 hours 33 minutes.
- Paul Leonard (52, Great Britain, MSF bio here) in 2025 in 13 hours 50 minutes
- Bogusław Ogrodnik (60, Poland, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) in 2025 in 21 hours 59 minutes
- Edie Hu (50, USA, MSF bio here) in 2025 in 16 hours 9 minutes
Someday Finally Came
Hu said, “This was my fifth Oceans Seven swim with the Tsugaru Channel and the North Channel remaining. I was inspired to swim Molokai because I have family here in Hawaii and pass by the road by Sandy’s [Beach] almost everyday when I’m visiting. I always see Molokai and think to myself, ‘someday!'”.
That day finally came.
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