Karteek's 6th Successful Channel Crossing

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The English Channel Swim crossings never come easy for Karteek...

In his quest to swim across The English Channel 7 times, Karteek Clarke from Edinburgh braved 16 hours, 13 minutes in a "washing machine" condition day July 28th.

He reports that the swim started well and thought they were on course for a fast time. But lo and behold, The Channel decided otherwise and kicked in a whale of a wind and the tide struck. But it was Karteek she was dealing to and he powered on. The next blow came when he narrowly missed The Cape and found it would be another 5 1/4 hours to finally finish! Other reports have come in telling of the schools of beautiful jellyfish out to greet the crossing swimmers. Karteek promises his own detailed report for us soon. 

Congratulations! Only one more to go till seven!!

Coming soon on the next tide, watch for Henrik, Jozef, and Vijaya.

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