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Karen Gaffney’s Tahoe Challenge! Karen Gaffney, an avid swimmer, known in her community for being the first person with Down syndrome to complete a relay swim across the English Channel, is taking on yet another swim challenge. In order to raise funds for the National Down Syndrome Congress, Karen will attempt to swim across Lake Tahoe! The target date for Karen’s swim is Tuesday, September 25th, weather permitting on the Lake. Karen will have Wednesday, the 26th and Thursday the 27th as back up days if she needs them. Since her Channel Swim, Karen has kept up her string of “Firsts”. She has completed seven swims across San Francisco Bay while preparing for and competing in the “Escape From Alcatraz” relay triathlons where she does the 1.5 mile swim from Alcatraz to the St. Francis Yacht Club. In addition, she completed a swim that the locals call “Round the Rock”, where she did a round trip swim from Aquatic Park, out to Alcatraz Island, all the way around the Island, and then back to the Park. This was about a 4 mile swim that Karen completed in 2 hours and 15 minutes! Karen regularly swims 2 miles a day, and she will step that up in preparation for her Tahoe swim. She will swim the length of Donner Lake, not far from Lake Tahoe, in a Masters swim event on August 11th, a 2.7 mile swim according to the locals familiar with the swim. She will make the attempt on Lake Tahoe after spending a couple of weeks swimming in the Tahoe area, getting acclimated to the elevation. Karen says “I want to show others that people like me can accomplish anything they put their heart to!” Karen is “putting her heart” to a worthwhile cause; raising funds for the National Down Syndrome Congress. The announcement of her swim and fundraiser will take place at the annual meeting of the National Down Syndrome Congress on August 4th, 2007. Help Karen GO THE DISTANCE and make every stroke count! Karen will acknowledge all donors with an autographed picture of the swim! Click here if you would like to print a donation form and mail a check to NDSC. Click here if you would like to be directed to the NDSC website and donate using a credit card.
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