PACTRAC's Dan Martin is all set to swim the Atlantic from this month.
Dan Martin has announced via his website danmartinextreme.com that his Global Triathlon is a go go.
He has secured a boat, The Ice Maiden, and has a crew:
He will set off from the Hudson River in New York, USA either AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, OR EARLY NEXT WEEK! He expects to arrive in Brest, France in 4 - 6 months time, swimming 8 hours a day. He will be marking his position using GPS and returning there the next day.
This will be Dan Martin’s third large scale expedition to date. Previously Dan has climbed mountains, crossed deserts and jungles, and cycled over 34,000 miles round both coasts of Africa, across the Tibetan Plateau and through the Axis of Evil.
In training for this expedition Dan has completed swims all over the world including training in the English Channel, the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific and Loch Ness.
The Global Triathlon is a triathlon of epic proportions. The first leg is a 3,600 mile swim across the Atlantic from New York, USA to Brest, France. From the beach in France Dan will then cycle 9,000 miles through Eurasia to the Bering Straits and then run 5,500 miles from Alaska to New York completing a man powered loop of the globe with the New York Marathon in November 2013!
He expects to start either at the end of this week, or early next week.
Keep an eye on danmartinextreme.com