Posts Tagged ‘Lewis Gordon Pugh’

An environmental activist from Britain has become the first person to complete a long-distance swimming on Mount Everest. Lewis Gordon Pugh, 40, swam 1km in a glacial lake on the slopes of the highest mountain in the world is only Speedos, goggles and swim cap. The adventurer, who uses his swimming endurance record for awareness of climate change, hopes his latest feat will draw attention to ... Full story

World famous South African swimmer and environmentalist Lewis Pugh is on the verge of his hardest unprecedented challenge. Pugh is the only man to have won a swim long distance in all oceans of the world, will try to cross a glacial lake on Mount Everest, 5300m altitude, wearing only a Speedo, on May 23. The 40-year-old man wants to draw attention to the melting of glaciers ... Full story

British endurance swimmer and environmental campaigner, Lewis Gordon Pugh, is attempting the most extreme challenge to carry out a swim in a glacial lake under the summit of Mount Everest to raise alertness towards climate change. Pugh, who swam across an open patch of a sea at the North Pole two years ago to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice, will effort a symbolic ... Full story