Tag: Benoit Lecomte
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In Bid To Fight Ocean Pollution, Man Vows To Swim From Tokyo To San Francisco
Ben Lecomte says he plans to swim through what’s known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during his 5,500-mile journey so that researchers can collect data and samples.
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Aaron Peirsol supports the Longest Swim
The american competitive swimmer send his wishes to Ben Lecomte before he swim across the Pacific. Aaron Peirsol is a seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two silver), he currently holds the world record in the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke events.
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A Central Texas man plans on swimming across the Pacific Ocean this fall
Ben Lecomte swam across the Atlantic in 1998, this year he plans on swimming the Pacific Ocean. He’ll leave from Tokyo and arrive an estimated six months later in San Francisco with the aid of a GPS tracker,
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Meet the man who will swim across the Pacific
Ben Lecomte was the first man to swim across the Atlantic Ocean without a kick board in 1998. In 2015, the French-born long distance swimmer wants to reach the next level. Ben wants to swim from Tokyo to San Francisco, from July ’til December, eight hours a day, around 8000km. Here is his crazy plan……
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Ben Lecomte Kicks Off the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Read Digital Journal In celebration of Earth Day today [April 22, ed.], global adventurer and open water swimmer Ben Lecomte called on Canadians from coast to coast to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, and presented by Loblaw Companies Limited.
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The Longest Swim – Ben Lecomte Conquering the Pacific
“Ben Lecomte will conquer the Pacific Ocean, swimming from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, U.S.A., in the summer of 2014. Ben set the record for the first man to swim the Atlantic in 1998.” http://youtu.be/afdMbxgX9q4
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The Longest Swim – Ben Lecomte to Swim Across the Pacific Ocean
“Ben Lecomte will swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, Ca. as a symbol of motivation, inspiration and endurance in the hopes to inspire others to never give up and to face their fears, and overcome their struggles and any obstacles they face in life.” Date is apparently not set yet,…
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The Longest Swim
A promo of the documentary series about Ben Lecomte’s epic swim across the Pacific Ocean this summer, being developed by Emmy Award winning producer, Doug Stanley. See thelongestswim.com
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The Longest Swim – The challenge of Ben Lecomte
»I had a shark following me for five days. It came pretty close at one time so that I was able to state “That’s not a tuna”« Follow him on www.thelongestswim.com The Longest Swim – show demo from Ridgeline on Vimeo.