“Youth is overrated” is a mantra empowering open water swimmer Edie Hu to break records at 50 years of age.
On November 20, the Hong Kong art dealer set off from the Disneyland Resort Pier to circumnavigate Lantau – Hong Kong’s largest island – in a tandem swim with friends Simon Holliday, 46, the founder of the Splash Foundation, and Brett Kruse.
They were all attempting a world-first: no one had managed to circumnavigate the island before.
A 12-strong support crew spread across a sailing boat, kayaks and a safety RIB (rigid inflatable boat) set off with them for the 65km (40.4-mile) swim. Together, they were racing the tides as much as the clock.
It was the longest swim she had ever attempted, just two weeks after a 45km crossing of Hawaii’s Moloka’i Channel. On November 7, she became the first woman to complete the crossing from Sandy Beach on O’ahu to Moloka’i Island, finishing in 16 hours 9 minutes.
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