Ben Lecomte - The Swim

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Web Name: Ben Lecomte - The Swim

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Follow Ben Lecomte and his crew for a 300nm swim in the highest concentration of ocean plastic in the world Article August 8, 2019 [Day 57-58] In a smog of microplastic I will keep on swimming even though I reached my goal of 300nm our mission isn’t over and the perspective I get from under the water is too important to stop. Adam has been a little worried about my low body fat percentage and has done a great job at making sure I have Continued Article August 6, 2019 [Day 56] Outdoor movie theater in the middle of the Pacific! We reached the doldrums today. This is an area in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage without any wind. Also, there are no currents shown on any of the maps we regularly get from land in this area. But for the past few days, storms passing south of us and going toward Hawaii have Continued Article August 5, 2019 [Day 54-55] The big 300 Yesterday was a pretty uneventful day. Yoav shared the dinghy responsibilities with Josh and nothing really stood out. Maybe we are becoming numb to the quantity of plastic we encounter We had 10 eggs left from the 90 given to us by the Transporter’s chef. I wish we had taken the 180 he originally offered. Continued Article August 3, 2019 [Day 53] Full sails ahead The winds shifted back they were coming from the north today.This morning we arrived on the north side of the anticyclonic eddy. With calm seas, I started my swim with Heather and David on the dinghy. We had planned to end the day with a photo session of the crew in the water with Continued Article August 2, 2019 [DAY 51-52] The new focus I started my day yesterday with a phone call with Jared from Nomadica Films, the production company from last year’s expedition. We talked about the differences between this expedition and last year’s and how I was in a different mindset. Last year I focused on my performance a lot and every day I pushed myself Continued Article August 1, 2019 [Day 50] Float on As of today, we have been at sea for 50 days and I have swum 265 nautical miles, but we still have about a month before we will see land.We have planned to spend another week in a new location at the core of the garbage patch. After we will start sailing north to the Continued Article July 31, 2019 [Day 47] Eggs for breakfast! We started the day with a couple of net tows around The Ocean Cleanup device, and once we were finished we said our goodbyes to the Transporter and TOC and sailed off. We have to retrieve a drifter west of us and we expect to get to the area in about two days.There was a Continued Article July 29, 2019 [DAY 44] Night swim in the ocean Last night, I went for a night swim. I put on a second layer of wetsuit on my torso with a hoodie and slide into a dark world. It was surreal, all my usual reference points were distorted. I felt as if I was flying over my swim line, the space between me and the Continued Article July 28, 2019 [DAY 43] Full Monty Last night the crew shined a light on the water. They wanted to collect lantern fish. During the process a couple of squids came up to get the fish at the surface. This gave me an idea, what if I swim at night with light shining around me, what would I be able to see? Continued "I want people to understand that the solution is in everybody’s hands. It’s true when people say, we don’t need one person to do it perfectly, we need millions to do it imperfectly" Meet Ben This error message is only visible to WordPress admins Error: The account for thevortexswim needs to be reconnected.Due to recent Instagram platform changes this Instagram account needs to be reconnected in order to continue updating. Reconnect on plugin Settings pageError: admin-ajax.php test was not successful. Some features may not be available.Please visit this page to troubleshoot.

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After swimming across the Atlantic in 1998 Ben is now attempting to be the first man to swim across the Pacific to raise awareness towards plastic pollution

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