Pat Gallant-Charette’s Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims

Upper photo by Gabe Souza of Lone Spruce Creative, Rockport, Maine.

Pat Gallant-Charette is the oldest person to complete the Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims.

The Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims (or the cryptozoological Triple Crown) is a trio of marathon swims held in lakes renown by cryptozoological creatures (lake monsters):

* Loch Ness with Nessie or the Loch Ness Monster
* Lake Tahoe with Tessie or Tahoe Tessie
* Lake Memphremagog with Memphre

Born on February 2nd 1951, retired nurse Gallant-Charette from Maine completed the three cryptozoological crossing at the following ages:

* Lake Tahoe on August 7th 2018 at age 67 years and 186 days
* Loch Ness on August 19th 2018 at age 67 years and 198 days
* Lake Memphremagog on August 1st 2019 at age 68 years and 180 days

She also is one crossing short (Cook Strait) of completing the entire Oceans Seven:

* Strait of Gibraltar on June 16th 2010 at age 59 years and 134 days
* Catalina Channel on October 18th 2011 at age 60 years and 258 days
* Tsugaru Channel on September 13th 2012 at age 61 years and 224 days
* North Channel on August 24th 2016 at age 65 years and 204 days
* Molokai Channel on May 20th 2017 at age 66 years and 107 days
* English Channel on June 17th 2017 at age 66 years and 135 days

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