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Edie Hu Becomes First Woman to Cross from Oahu To Molokai

Edie Hu (50, USA, MSF bio here, @edieswimshongkong) is one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women, having swum all over the world: This morning at 1:58 am, she set off from Sandy Beach on Oahu on a rare Oahu-to-Molokai attempt. She aimed to become the first woman to complete a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel. Tonight, she

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Simon Olliver Overcomes The Channel of Bones to Achieve The Oceans Seven

Reported by Bill Goding in Hawaii. On his third attempt, Simon Olliver (61, New Zealand, MSF bio here, @simon_channelswimmer) from Christchurch completed a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii, escorted by Ivan Shigaki on August 30th in 14 hours 24 minutes on his third attempt. The courageous crossing of the Channel of Bones enabled him

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Salvatore Cimmoni Crosses Molokai in his Swimming in the Seas of the Globe

“I faced strong winds and very large ocean swells, but I made it,” said amputee Salvatore Cimmino (Italy, @salvator.cimmino) who crossed the 45 km Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu at Kaiser Estate near China Walls in 13 hours 27 minutes escorted by pilot Manoa Buckman (@triedtofixit_thanbrokeit_manoa). Bill Goding said, “China Walls was ruled out due to the difficulty [Salvatore

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