A swimmer said two lost batteries spoiled his attempt to cross Lake Michigan on the third day of the extraordinary journey. Jim Dreyer, 60, was pulled
A swimmer said two lost batteries spoiled his attempt to cross Lake Michigan on the third day of the extraordinary journey.
A support boat pulled up and informed him that he had been swimming north all day — “the wrong direction,” said Dreyer, who had left Grand Haven on Tuesday.“I should have been in the home stretch, well into Wisconsin waters with about 23 miles to go. Instead, I had 47 miles to go, and the weather window would soon close.”
“We all knew that success was now a long shot and the need for rescue was likely if I continued,” Dreyer said. Dreyer was towing an inflatable boat with nutrition and supplies last week. On the second day, he paused to get fresh AA batteries to keep a GPS device working. But during the process, he said he somehow lost the bag in the lake.“It was an accident, but it was my fault,” Dreyer said of the lost batteries. “This is a tough pill to swallow.”BISMARCK, N.D.
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