Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Cape had a huge goal: to swim for the longest known distance in a freshwater setting. Her chosen venue was Canada’s Cowichan Lake where she planned to swim alongside Susan Simmons, her swimming buddy, for the third straight year. Each year, Cape and Simmons kept swimming further and […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 50-year-old Susan Simmons and 35-year-old Alex Cape had a huge goal. To swim for the longest and furthest time in a freshwater setting. They both wanted to go beyond the distance they achieved during their 70 km crossing of Canada’s Cowichan Lake in 2014. Their goal was to swim