Courtesy of Ben Barham, Lake Geneva Swimming Association, Switzerland.

While many thousands of people throughout history have walked, run, jogged, hiked, biked and journeyed for 24 hours straight on land, there has only been a few more than 100 people – ever – who have swum for more than 24 hours non-stop in an open body of water.

Jaimie Monahan of New York crossed Lake Geneva in 32 hours 52 minutes – the 53rd longest solo swim in human history – and became the first American woman to cross the lake (see here.

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