Embarknado

“He says he will set off from Tokyo in April 2017 and — conditions and sharks willing — arrive in San Francisco five to six months later. He hopes the swim will raise awareness of environmental issues.” Benoit Lecomte plans to swim across the Pacific. Before you make any judgment on the likelihood of such a feat, you should know he already swam across the Atlantic (a trip during which he was followed by a shark for five days).