Former Titan swimming across Santa Monica Bay
Amy Appelhans Gubser swimming across the Monterey Bay. This week, she is celebrating her 50th birthday by swimming across the Santa Monica Bay, from Point Dume to Palos Verdes. Photo by John Chapman Amy Appelhans Gubser is celebrating her 50th birthday by swimming across the Santa Monica Bay, from Point Dume to Palos Verdes. The former Rolling Hills High School and Peninsula Aquatics swimmer plans to enter the water at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 7 and arrive at Lunada Bay between 10 a.m. and noon on Friday. The 27-mile swim will be a training swim for her attempt to swim the North Channel, the veteran marathon swimmer said. The North Channel is a strait that separates Ireland and Scotland. It is considered the most difficult of the Ocean Seven Marathon Swims. Unlike the Santa Monica Bay, the North Channel’s 50-degree water is too cold for sharks. But it does have seven-foot-wide Lion’s Mane Jellies, the largest jellies in the ocean. Their toxin-filled, 190-foot tentacles and the cold water are the primary reasons 80 percent of swimmers who attempt to swim the North Channel fail. “The Santa Monica Bay will be like a bathtub compared to North Channel,” Gubser said. Santa Monica Bay…
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