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Correction — Total swim time for all 9 bays was 5 hours and 24 minutes, not 10+ hrs. previously reported. I can hardly believe it! but it was reported to me by Wayne Overby who was in a kayak next to Luis the entire time.
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We “summarized” in part 2 by reminding people that Luis was a “man with 2 missions,” one to establish an “open water swim” record for the Bays of Huatulco, and the other to be of assistance to the “children of San Felipe.”
He said that he used as his “mantra” the expression, “Cada Brazada, Un Aliento Para La Niñez,” which loosely translated means with, “Each Movement of the Arms, A Breathe For Childhood,” so that he had the energy to make the necessary strokes to complete the course.
One can only wonder how many strokes or “breathes for children” had to take to swim approximately 14 miles in UNDER 6 hours. No matter, however, for he was doing it for the children of San Felipe.
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