So You Want to Swim Alcatraz: Tips on a Successful Swim by a Four-Time Alcatraz Swimmer - Paperback

by Robert L. McCormack (Author)

A step-by-step guide to swimming the "impossible" including training, notes about cold water, the trip to San Francisco, and how to make your swim a success.

Author Biography

Robert L. McCormack was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 11, 1937. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up there and learned to swim at nearby Tenean Beach. He participated in several ocean swims between the ages of 26 and 41, at which time he retired from ocean swimming to work full time to support his wife and three daughters. At the age of 64, Bob resumed his ocean swimming career, participating in some 40 ocean swims. Among his successful swims are the following: The Boston Light (8 miles) - this swim is recorded in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Little Red Lighthouse Swim (6 miles) - Hudson River, NY Governors Island (2 miles) - New York Alcatraz Golden Gate Bridge