Jeff Miller - St. John circumnavigation
malinaka
Seattle, WACharter Member
From the St. John Tradewinds:
Although a number of folks have claimed to swim around St. John continuously over the course of several days (or incrementally over several years), no one has managed to swim around the island nonstop.
Now Jeff Miller, a 55-year-old fisheries biologist with the National Parks Service, plans to be the first. If the weather cooperates, he’ll be setting out before the end of September to complete this swim of between 23 and 25 miles.
And it goes on.
Folks, get your Caribbean Island while there's still one available!!!
I don't wear a wetsuit; it gives the ocean a sporting chance.
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Looks like a beautiful swim!
He did it! Terrific swim. Congratulations to Jeff Miller!
Go to the Virgin Islands National Park facebook page for pictures and progress reports.
https://www.facebook.com/virginislandsNPS/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
So envious! What a fantastic swim.
Fantastic!
Been thinking about this swim for a few years, so glad Jeff did it!
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
The live phone-based tracking didn't work out for Jeff's swim, but fortunately one of his kayakers had a Garmin on board... which means we have great 1-minute resolution GPS data for this pioneering swim!
Direct link to Jeff's data in the MSF Tracks database:
http://tracks.marathonswimmers.org/?s=20160924_Miller_StJohn-circ
Also, here's a neat article in the St John Source newspaper about the swim:
http://stjohnsource.com/content/news/local-news/2016/09/25/jeff-miller-swims-non-stop-around-st-john
Way to go, Jeff!
Jeff's swim documentation - the first known circumnavigation swim of St. John - is now available here:
http://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2016/miller-st-john
Had the pleasure of meeting and swimming with Jeff in St. Croix last weekend, side by side for at least part of the 5-mile Coral Reef Swim. Totally inspired by his swim and can't wait to swim with him again.