Tethered to other swimmers acting as his eyes, Jeremy McClure battled cold, hunger and fatigue to finish the 60km journey in gruelling conditions.
abc.net.au/news/blind-swimmer-makes-history-abrolhos-islands-to-geraldton/101471118Cold, hungry and bone-tired, blind athlete Jeremy McClure collapses on a Geraldton beach after an epic swim from the Abrolhos Islands.Blind Paralympian Jeremy McClure is the first person to swim from the Abrolhos Islands to GeraldtonMcClure was forced to abandon his first attempt at the record due to bad weather
He quickly took to swimming as an outlet to distract himself from going blind and competed in his first Paralympic Games in Athens less than 12 months later.McClure became the first person to swim from Dirk Hartog Islands to Denham earlier this year, and he has crossed the Rottnest Channel 11 times. "When you can push yourself more and more and more where someone's never achieved something before … it's quite fulfilling."McClure travelled by boat to Pelsaert Island on Friday morning, officially starting his swim at about 10am.
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