“It’s about the imagination and it’s about seeing how far I can push these old bones,” said Andrew Simmonds, who recently swam seven miles across Frederick Sound near Petersburg.
August 7, 2023
Simmonds, age 61, is the first person in living memory to try to swim across the sound. Last summer, he got close, but didn’t quite make it. He wanted to make it all the way this time, in what he says will be his last try. “I talked to my wife, Bridget, and my good friend, Tommy Thompson, and said, ‘Hey, let’s go out on the boat Wednesday morning,’” said May. “Then we went over there and jumped in the water, and the rest is history, I guess.”
Terrified of encountering sea life on his swim, Simmonds was blissfully unaware of the curious seal that followed him along for about 10 minutes.
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