TOKYO: Professional distance swimmer Ben Lecomte prompt from Japan to San Francisco on Tuesday in an attempt to turn out to be the first individual to swim around the Pacific Ocean.
Spokesman Alexandre Borreil said Lecomte left at 8 a.m. on Tuesday from Choshi, Japan, which is northeast of Tokyo in neighboring Chiba prefecture. He is anticipated to swim 8 hours daily on a adventure that could take six to eight months and can quilt about 8,000 kilometers (five,000 miles).
``For the instant we all know he left and the entirety went neatly,'' Borreil said.
Organizers say Lecomte finished a similar swim around the Atlantic in 1998.
He's doing this swim to raise awareness in regards to the health of the arena's oceans and the specter of air pollution.
Scientific groups accompanying Lecomte will accumulate more than 1,000 water samples and find out about plastic air pollution, mammal migration and the effect of utmost endurance occasions on the human body.
Spokesman Alexandre Borreil said Lecomte left at 8 a.m. on Tuesday from Choshi, Japan, which is northeast of Tokyo in neighboring Chiba prefecture. He is anticipated to swim 8 hours daily on a adventure that could take six to eight months and can quilt about 8,000 kilometers (five,000 miles).
``For the instant we all know he left and the entirety went neatly,'' Borreil said.
Organizers say Lecomte finished a similar swim around the Atlantic in 1998.
He's doing this swim to raise awareness in regards to the health of the arena's oceans and the specter of air pollution.
Scientific groups accompanying Lecomte will accumulate more than 1,000 water samples and find out about plastic air pollution, mammal migration and the effect of utmost endurance occasions on the human body.
Swimmer sets off in attempt to be first to cross Pacific
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