Jon Ornée
Description: In August 2020, 6 swimmers swam 54 miles across Lake Michigan in an event they called EP!C SWIM 2020. It marked only the 2nd ever mid-lake crossing, first-ever relay-style crossing and by far the fastest-ever mid-lake crossing.
Super pumped to share this highlight video of our Epic Swim last week! First-ever continuous relay across the middle of Lake Michigan and fastest-ever mid-lake crossing. We covered the 54.5 miles in 20 hours and 50 minutes with an average pace of 1:18/100yds. Super grateful for our amazing crew and for Mother Nature who granted us the gift of a perfect day.
Our on-board filmmaker Michael Dillon ( @PilotField ) did an amazing job of capturing a ton of footage and putting it together in a fun highlight video. This video does an awesome job of showing the various conditions we encountered during our through-the-night adventure. It also captures the fun and joy of the journey. Not pictured are the months of planning, obsessing over weather and insane scrambling at the last minute to line everything up with the window of opportunity that Mother Nature presented. Ev
Lake Michigan is the 5th largest lake in the world! She’s an amazing gift and we’d love your help preserving and protecting her: gofundme.com/epicswim2020
Jon Ornée