Fleur Sohtz, 47, a Brooklyn-born Upper East Side resident and chief marketing officer, will attempt to swim the English Channel on Aug. 29 to complete the Triple Crown of open-water swimming. A dedicated kayaker will guide her along a route that can stretch to about 26 miles because of strong currents. The swim could take 12 to 16 hours in roughly 69-degree water, and rules prohibit touching the kayak or wearing a wetsuit. Sohtz already completed the Catalina Channel and a circumnavigation of Manhattan. Previous open-water swims have included encounters with marine life, including a shark that bumped her during a night channel crossing.
I'll cry. I've cried at the end of every swim, and it's a happy cry. It's not an 'I'm exhausted cry.' I'm very lucky,
For those New Yorkers that are looking to do something a little crazy, they can,
It's only crazy until someone does it. And I'm happy to be that New Yorker that's going to do it,
He was friendly! He gave me a little bump and swam away. I didn't realize it was the shark until afterwards,
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