Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Radio New Zealand talks with Benoît Lecomte [middle in photo above] about The Longest Swim across the Pacific Ocean here.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoit Lecomte is still working on the thousands of small details that he need to design, test, operate and confirm before he starts The Longest Swim in Tokyo, Japan. Most recently, Lecomte tested the waterproof tape that he will use to adhere medical equipment on his body during his

48 Years Old And In His Prime Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoît Lecomte explained about his preparations – both mental and physical for this year’s The Longest Swim, an unprecedented 8,000 km stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco that he estimates will take 180 straight days of swimming 8 hours per day.