I hear there was very little current, so it was more like a lake swim. My friend's comments follow. Sounds crazy! And AWARE, did you meet Martin Strel? He is one totally crazy man (swam the length of the Amazon, among other things).
The Swim the Suck event was surely the hardest challenge because only 6k CFS of water was released. Translation, it's a skinny lake, no flow which means it was an honest Abe swim. No current assist. Took me 6:24 which is the longest I've ever been in. This was largely possible due to warmer water at +70 degrees.
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