3 Lakes – 24 Hours – 1 Olympic Athlete
Olympic open water swimmer Hector Pardoe is attempting a first - to swim Loch Lomond, Lake Windermere and Lake Bala all in 24 Hours. Scotland, England and Wales' biggest lakes in aid of SAS
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So who is Hector, and what has inspired this?
Hector is a two-time British Olympian in Marathon Open Water Swimming, having won Britain’s first World Medal in 13 years and finishing 6th in Paris 2024 last summer.
This year, he is attempting a World first: to swim Britain’s three largest lakes – Loch Lomond in Scotland, Windermere in England, and Lake Bala in Wales – back-to-back in under 24 hours. No one has ever completed this challenge successfully. This monumental feat will see me cover 34.5 miles of swimming, putting my limits to the ultimate test. This is almost twice the length of the English Channel. He’ll be in the water for a minimum of 13 hours, battling conditions from the 14–15-degree waters of Loch Lomond in the pitch black where visibility will be zero, to the harsh, challenging winds of Lake Bala. Inspired by the traditional Three Peaks Mountain challenge, he wanted to create something just as iconic – but in the water.
