Jarrett Tishmack
Jarrett Tishmack is an American open water swimmer. Jarrett Tishmack is also a rock and ice climber. As a member of the American Alpine Club, he has traveled on numerous occasions abroad to complete technical ascents of remote mountains.
Swimming Career
Tishmack completed the first crossing of the 15 km Statia Channel from St. Kitts to St. Eustatius in 4 hours 40 minutes on 1 November 2012. Statia Channel is located between Sint Eustatius, known as Statia and formerly as the Golden Rock, and St. Kitts in the Windward Islands of the north eastern Dutch Caribbean.
He also completed the first crossing of the 15 km Vieques Channel from Culebra to Vieques in Puerto Rico in 4 hours 33 minutes on 15 October 2013. Vieques Channel is located between Vieques and Culebra, sometimes referred to as the Spanish Virgin Islands, east of the main island of Puerto Rico.
He has also crossed the Maui Channel between Lanai and Maui in Hawaii in 2011, the Pailolo Channel between Maui and Molokai in 2022, and the Kalohi Channel between Molokai and Lanai in 2023.
On October 1st, 2024, Tishmack swam the 27km channel from Grande Terre to Marie-Galante in Guadeloupe, West Indies Caribbean. It is the first known swim crossing between these islands.
Jarrett Tishmack works as a general contractor in Boulder, Colorado. As a graduate of Colorado State University Forestry program, he has continually complemented his devotion to the outdoors with his attention to environmental conservation.
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