Didn't see any swimmers, though -- a Sternwheeler and several tugs and
barges (not to mention hordes of Jr. Sailmen), but no swimmers...


5.
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Eleven months and 1,243 miles later, Christopher Swain has become the 
first person ever to swim the length of the Columbia River.  Swain, 
35, embarked on his landmark adventure to draw attention to the 
desperate environmental straits of the river, which is threatened by 
dams and pollutants.  The Portland native endured 10-foot swells, 
38-degree water temperatures, close encounters with massive barges, 
radioactivity from Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and countless other 
threats to arrive at the river mouth yesterday.  En route, he met 
more than 13,000 people in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington 
and Oregon, giving presentations on the river and encouraging 
stewardship and responsible environmental citizenry.  "I wanted to 
put the river in the public eye, and I did," said Swain.
 
straight to the source:  Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Kristin Dizon, 02
Jul 2003
http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1308>
 
only in Grist:  We knew him when -- check out Christopher Swain's 
account of Week Two of his 11-month odyssey, only on the Grist 
Magazine website
http://www.gristmagazine.com/dearme/swain061002.asp?source=daily>
 
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The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to
grow sharper. --Eden Phillpotts
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated
simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. --Charles Mingus

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