50 years, 44 miles, 24 hours, 8 gallons of Gatorade, 4 dozen packets of GU, and more friends than you can count!
Ken Harmon, 50 years old, from Danville California will travel to the mile high Lake Tahoe in the heart of the Sierras to swim 44 miles in 24 hours and raise $150,000 for 3 phenomenal non- profit organizations. Ken is one of only a few swimmers who have successfully tackled the 22 mile length of Lake Tahoe. And now he goes for the ultimate Lake Tahoe challenge, something no one has ever done, swimming the length and back. Ken is swimming to raise awareness and donations for Best Buddies International, The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada and the Karen Gaffney Foundation, led by Karen Gaffney, the long distance swimmer who gained national media attention, including live video coverage from CNN, by swimming the width of Lake Tahoe in September of 2007. Karen has Down syndrome.
Ken Harmon and Karen Gaffney first met in 2007, when he trained Karen for her 9 mile swim across the width of Lake Tahoe. Karen is now one of a handful of swimmers who have successfully completed a solo swim across Lake Tahoe, and the only one with Down Syndrome. And so the two record breaking swimmers team up once again.
If you are going to swim 44 miles in 24 hours, you need friends to help pace you as you go. Karen Gaffney will be one of 5 swimmers in the lake with Ken Harmon, alternating throughout the day and night, lending encouragement and keeping up his pace to accomplish the ultimate Lake Tahoe challenge.
Won’t you Buddy Up with Ken and Karen? Your donation will be divided equally amongst Best Buddies International, the Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada and the Karen Gaffney Foundation, all of which are non profit 501(c) 3 entities. Please help Ken and Karen create a swell of support on Swim Day, August 21, 2010!
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