Australian swimmers Palfrey complete leg of Hawaii channel swim

[kaniamea]

Penny Palfrey and her husband Chris have completed one channel crossing in their pursuit to swim three Hawaiian channels in three weeks. This past Saturday they swam from the island of Kahoolawe to Maui (across the Alalakeiki Channel). On Friday, they plan to cross the challenging 26-mile Kaiwi Channel (Molokai to Oahu). And later this month they plan to swim across the 17-mile Kaulakahi Channel between Kauai and Niihau.

[WonderinginWaikiki]

I saw on the news last night that their first leg of the trip took 5 hours instead of 3 and that they got stung by P M of War three times during the first leg of their swim. Ouch!

[NoKaOiDude]

Yikes! That does not sound like a fun day!