Limbless Frenchman swims from PNG to Indonesia

A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an electrical accident swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia in strong winds and currents on Thursday, finishing the first stretch in a mission to swim between five continents.

Mr Philippe Croizon, 43, who swam the English Channel in 2010, left Papua New Guinea's fishing village of Wutung in the early morning to begin what he has billed as the Oceania-Asia stretch of his challenge.

After swimming 20km over almost eight hours, he arrived at 1 pm local time (12pm Singapore time) in the village of Pasar Skow in Indonesia's Papua province, which shares a border with Papua New Guinea.

'It was very, very hard,' Mr Croizon told AFP trying to catch his breath on the grey and black beach lined with coconut trees in Pasar Skow.

SOURCE:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_799881.html
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