“Sufficiently cold and treacherous for her purposes”

Myrtle Huddleston’s Lake Tahoe crossing tested her mettle and her ability to adapt to challenges on the fly

Most open water swimmers have at least one story of a swim gone wrong – where the weather didn’t cooperate, the tide changed too early or too late, injury or illness cancelled progress. There are any number of mishaps that can bring about the end of a swim.