Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

Kris Rutford of Nebraska completed his record-setting 21st circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York City today.

His 7 hour 50 minute loop means he has swum nearly 600 total miles around one of the most famous islands in the world. “Too bad I breathe on my right and never see [the island],” wrote Rutford. “Crew Jan Callahan who has been with me for at least 15 laps and son Robert who was last on the boat in 1989 when he was not yet 2 [years old], is now 28.”

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