Lake Tahoe — United States

Camp Richardson - Kings Beach

33.6 km
Distance
Camp Richardson ↔ Kings Beach
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
9
Swimmers
6
Countries
2
Women
71%
Median time
13:34
Busiest month
September

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
200510111:1611:16
200420212:46:5213:51:26
200330312:3612:36:52
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196411014:4414:44
196322013:3413:34

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is September.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July225%
August113%
September338%
October225%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

71%Women
  • Women5 · 56%
  • Men2 · 22%
  • Relays or not stated2 · 22%

Equipment and format

9Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo6 · 67%
  • Skin · Solo3 · 33%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States5 · 71%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 29%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

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Youngest: Lenore Modell🇺🇸, 13 · Oldest: Kevin Murphy🇬🇧, 54

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 13:19:58, median 13:34.

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Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

11:23:2913:0014:36:311970198019902000
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

11:21:4612:3613:50:14200320042005
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 15, 2005Bruckner Chase11:16−1:20
Sep 20, 2003Laura Colette🇺🇸12:36−1:20
Jul 24, 2003Kevin Murphy🇬🇧13:56—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1963Lenore Modell🇺🇸13:34—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States5
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States5512:36Lenore Modell🇺🇸 · 1963
🇬🇧 United Kingdom2013:56Kevin Murphy🇬🇧 · Jul 24, 2003

Where swimmers land

  • KINGS BEACH7
  • Kings Beach2

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.