Swimmers Last Longer

Susan Simmons, photo courtesy of Malcolm Chambers

Swimmers Last Longer is a marathon swimming attempt by Alex Cape and Susan Simmons, a 48-year-old open water swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis and a member of the Victoria Masters Swim Club from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The swim is a 70 km double crossing of Cowichan Lake in Canada.

Susan Simmons Career

In 2011, Simmons swam in her first open water ocean swim as part of an women’s relay team of 4 across the Salish Sea, a 34 km crossing in the Strait of Georgia, with a wetsuit.
In 2011, Simmons completed the 5 km Thetis Lake Swim.
In 2012, she completed a 10 km English Bay Challengein Vancouver's Bay Challenge in a wetsuit. She also swam 2/3rds of the Salish Sea Swim.
In 2013, she swam 34 km across the length of Cowichan Lake in July 2013 together with Alex Cape in 11 hours 45 minutes.
In 2014, she will attempt a 70 km double crossing of Cowichan Lake in August together with Alex Cape in an attempt.

In 2013, Cape swam 34 km across the length of Cowichan Lake in July together with Susan Simmons in 11 hours 45 minutes.