Ashley Horne
Ashley Home is an American open water swimmer and a member of the Night Train Swimmers.
Two-way Farallon Relay
She was a member of the unprecedented attempt at a two-way Farallon relay, a 6-person 60-mile (95.6 km) relay from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Francisco Bay, on 25 April 2015. They stopped on a one-way crossing at the buoy located at Fisherman's Cove at the South Farallon Island after 29.68 miles in 14 hours 9 minutes in rough seas. The swim was sanctioned by the Farallon Islands Swimming Association. Members included Emily Kreger, Patti Bauernfeind, Simon Dominguez, Kim Chambers, Ashley Horne, Dave Holscher, Kate Webber, Captain Vito Bialla, co-captain Patrick Horn, and David Ogden, M.D.
NT300
She is a member of the Night Train 300 (or NT300) by the Night Train Swimmers that swam over 300 miles (482.2 km) non-stop as a six-person open water swimming relay in San Francisco Bay. The charity event began on 6 September 2015 and was a fundraiser for Arthur Renowitzky walk again after being paralyzed by a gun shot wound to his spine, and set the distance record for a 6-person open water swimming relay.
Adhering to standard English Channel relay rules, NT300 will swim continuously in 1-hour individual rotations for an estimated 5 days in an attempt to break the existing distance record [currently held a team from India, called The Sea Hawks that swam for 269 miles (433 km) over 6 days off the Konkan Coast in western India). They swam in San Francisco Bay as far south as the Giants Stadium and as far north as Benicia with the goal is raise US$50,000 to be able to help make Arthur Renowitzky walk again by outfitting him with a exoskeleton REWALK suit.
Members included Grace van der Byl, Dave Holscher, Kimberley Chambers, Adam Eilath, Ashley Horne, and Vito Bialla.
The members of the Night Train Swimmers completed the first 1-mile circumnavigation swim around Chocolate Chip rock, starting at Devil's Teeth in the Farallon Islands including Vito Bialla, Dave Holscher, Kim Chambers, Kate Weber, Simon Dominguez, and Ashley Horne on 12 July 2015 amid the presence of Great White Sharks. The Farallon Islands are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
External links
- Another Epic Relay Attempt - A Two-way Farallon Relay
- Bumpy, Bouncy And Blowing 15 Knots
- Simon Says In The Open Water
- Bumpy, Bouncy And Blowing 15 Knots
- Towering Waves Call It A Night
- Relay Record Redux
- Life Goes On For Arthur Renowitzky
- Farallons Freestyling, A Chocolate Chip Circumnavigation
- Night Train Swimmers
- Playing With Pinnipeds 30 Miles From The Mainland
- Kimberley Chambers On NASDAQ MarketSite
- Kraving For Food While Open Water Swimming To 300
- Shark Encounters In Channels Around The World
- [Relay Record Redux
- Life Goes On For Arthur Renowitzky
- As The Night Train Swimmers Reach 200 Miles
- Tranquility After Turbulence
- Sunrise #2 On The San Francisco Bay
- Jumping Into The First Day And Night
- There Is No Looking Back
- Night Train Swimmers Ready For A Lot Of Winter Swimming
- Swimming To 300 For A Fellow Swimmer
