🏊♂️ A dad from North Devon has broken a 38-year-old record after swimming the entire length of Lake #Geneva fuelled by doughnuts. Neil Gilson defied choppy waters and floating logs – as well as the risk of hypothermia – to complete the mammoth #swim in 22 hours and nine minutes, fulfilling a long-time ambition. Despite navigating strong currents, he shaved 33 minutes off the long-standing record set by Swiss Olympian Alain Charmey in 1986. A former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at national level in his twenties, Gilson attempted the swim last year but had to be pulled from the water at the 56-kilometre mark after developing hypothermia. But the determined 38-year-old vowed not to give up on his #challenge and after lathering himself in water resistant sun cream, set off on his swim at 7.45pm local time last Tuesday. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/ewh_x9jX
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