To Raise Awareness For Climate Change, 50-Year-Old Makes Bid To Swim Across Pacific
Ben Lecomte is the first person to try to swim across the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to him from Choshi, Japan, before he departs to attempt the 5,500-mile journey.
by Clare Lombardo
Jun 03, 2018
2 minutes
On Tuesday, 50-year-old swimmer Ben Lecomte will push off from a beach in Choshi, Japan, wearing a shark repellent bracelet and an armband to track radiation in the ocean. He hopes to reach San Francisco in six months as the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.
A successful 5,500-mile journey will be a feat of athleticism and
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