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This is what it’s like to swim through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (National Geographic)

August 22, 2019 No Comments

Roughly a thousand miles southwest of San Francisco, Ben Lecomte, a 52-year-old French long-distance swimmer, is exploring one of the ocean’s most polluted places. It’s

Swimmer, with early support from San Pedro’s AltaSea, embarks on a grueling journey across the Pacific

June 5, 2018 No Comments

Donna Littlejohn After seven years of preparation, Paris-born Ben Lecomte began a 5,000-mile swim across the Pacific Ocean that will benefit a number of causes,

AltaSea: Beacon – Special Edition – June 4, 2018

June 4, 2018 No Comments

AltaSea, The Swim Launch Pledge Drive as Ben Lecomte Begins Pacific Crossing The Swim, Ben Lecomte’s audacious project to swim from Tokyo to San Francisco

Next Leg of The Longest Swim Looms For Crew and Ship

March 14, 2018 No Comments

AltaSea is preparing to say bon voyage to the support crew and ship of The Longest Swim, Ben Lecomte’s audacious project to swim across the

The Longest Swim Final Test Run

February 20, 2018 No Comments