Saving Private Rhino With Theodore Yach

LOS ANGELES, California, November 16. 30 years ago, Paul Asmuth ruled the professional marathon swimming world and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim was a year away from starting in its modern-day format.

Shelley Taylor-Smith had yet to enter the open water and Penny Dean still held both the English Channel (7:40) and Catalina Channel (7:15) records.

The King of the Channel reigned with 22 crossings and only 17 people crossed the Channel that year, including the first three-way crossing by Jon Erikson.

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