GRAND HAVEN, Michigan – A 60-year-old swimmer who crossed Lake Michigan in 1998 has apparently ended his effort to repeat the feat.
An online tracking device shows that Jim Dreyer appeared to turn around and return to shore by boat Thursday in western Michigan, two days after he began swimming for Wisconsin.
Dreyer was trying to swim to Milwaukee from Grand Haven, Michigan, an odyssey that would likely have covered more than 80 miles.
Dreyer, who calls himself The Shark, did not return phone messages from The Associated Press on Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard, which patrols the Great Lakes, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and local law enforcement agencies said they did not know whether he had given up.
Dreyer’s supporters said on Facebook that he was out of the water and physically fine.
He swam across Lake Michigan from Two Rivers, Wisconsin, to Michigan’s Ludington State Park in 1998, an incredible feat that lasted nearly 41 hours.
Dreyer attempted to cross the lake twice in 2023 – the 25th anniversary – but had to give up due to volatile weather and water conditions.
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