“Even monkeys fall from trees,” so says the old Japanese proverb (猿も木から落ちる). So despite Stephen Redmond‘s many successes in the North Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Fastnet Rock, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel and English Channel, his track record is not perfect. But that is the nature of open water swimming and the inherent risk

According to Donal Buckley of the LoneSwimmer.com who is in contact with the Stephen Redmond team headquartered on Oahu and Maui, Stephen is attempting his fifth leg of the Oceans Seven today. With the Catalina Channel only recently completed, his body has little time to recover, but with 80% of his effort depending on his

Ireland’s Steve Redmond has successfully swum the English channel (in 20 hours 10 minutes) and the North Channel (17:17) and just completed the Strait of Gibraltar in 5:01 this past weekend. With three of the four Oceans Seven swims under his belt, he has certainly established a name for himself among the elite endurance swimmers.