Tsugaru Channel - Darren Miller

Jamie

Cheering on Darren Miller as he swims across the Tsugaru Channel in Japan. He started at 4:10 local time. According the Japanese fishing law and rules of the association he must finish the swim by sundown (7:10 PM) or be pulled. He has been fighting a current but it is just about to change. You can follow his SPOT GPS here. Go Darren Go!!!
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0rhcEe7BvrVuOXoVduQKW5UHq9teE1vpK

jcmalick

Can't wait to wake up in the morning to see Darren standing on the shores of Hokkaido with the Fifth Challenge under his belt! Rock it for the Forever Fund and for all those that look up to you including this Delaware swimmer!

evmo

Darren's a great swimmer, an even better guy, and very supportive of this Forum in its early days. Tsugaru is a notoriously unpredictable swim, but Darren is as tough as they come. May the currents be with you, @ForeverSwim !

IronMike

The SPOT GPS shows him starting off of the coast, so I think it's off a bit. Or is it just my computer? Plus, the tab says Catalina. Weird.

Still, it looks like he's well on his way. Go Darren!!!

evmo

SPOT can only show 50 points on one page; to see previous points use the arrows near the bottom left.

IronMike

Oh! I wondered why it stayed at 50. Had no idea. Thanks Evan!

IronMike

Am I right when I say it looks like he's gone past landfall? Does he have to land at a specific point on the northern island?

jcmalick

Anywhere on Hokkaido (Northern Island) constitutes as a crossing. Almost there!

evmo

From Facebook:

The Tsugaru Channel was, by far, the hardest thing I have ever completed in my life! Supposed to be about 8 hours, it took 15:55. I started off by slipping on the rock I started off of, and was bleeding from my hands and lower left leg - probably not the best thing to do when swimming with critters. The "surface chop" I faced just beat me half to death for about 80% of the journey... I cannot express how thankful I am for my crew, and everyone who followed along, and sent me wishes of encouragement from home - God Bless, because it meant the world to me to have your support! I'm think I'm going to go to bed now

Congrats, Darren!

caburke

Awesome Darren! Congratulations on staying the course and conquering Tsugaru.

IronMike

Congratulations!

heart

What an incredible swim, Darren - congratulations!

loneswimmer

Darren, CONGRATS. Fast, successful, tenacious, tough , good looking. It's almost enough t make you dislike Darren, if he wasn't so NICE also! Great man yourself.

Well deserved and delighted for you.

WaterGirl

Supposed to be about 8 hours, it took 15:55.

I don't think anything could be tougher than a swim taking twice as long as you expect. Excellent job soldiering through that.

ForeverSwim

Thank you everyone for your awesome support! So glad to be home safe and sound in the USA.. Congratulations again out to Stephen Redmond for his completion of the Oceans Seven - he was a great guy to chat with while we were there, and so supportive. He came down to the dock when we got back in the dark, and he was supposed to be up in a few hours on his attempt! A great guy indeed...

loneswimmer

Steve was only complimenting you tonight Darren when he landed in Cork Airport. The camaraderie is, I think, a huge part of all this insanity of ours!

MvG

What an achievement, well done Darren!