re: Could you swim across the Mississippi River?

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I’d consider it a much greater achievement than swimming in a triathlon.

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I'd never attempt it as it is definitely risky. I'm not saying strong swimmers would make it 100% of the time. I am not overly surprised that someone made it though. Swimming 2.4 miles is nearly 5 times the distance she swam and people are conserving enough energy to bike 112 miles and run a marathon afterwards. I think many more can survive it from an endurance perspective than you think. It's the dangers from ships, debris, etc. that I worry about. But I can see how someone is lucky to avoid it all and get across too.