Swimmer To Cross Costa Rica's Lake Arenal for Good Cause

Lake Arenal, Northern Costa Rica

Slovenian long-distance swimmer Martin Strel will swim across Lake Arenal in Costa Rica's Northern Zone on Wednesday for  ‘peace, friendship and clean waters'. His effort is to raise awareness for the protection of water sources and biodiversity conservation.

Strel, 56, will start his swim at 7 a.m. at Hotel Los Heroes in La Union de Arena. He'll swim to the opposite side and back of Costa Rica's man-made lake. a distance of roughly six kilometers.

The swim is part of the Criterio Ambiental environmental film festival in Arenal - La Fortuna de San Carlos, taking place this week. Organizers hope that Strel – whose motto is “swim for peace, friendship and clean waters” - will help echo the Costa Rica' event's pro-environment message.

“Martin's swim in the Arenal Lake … will have great symbolic value to accompany the spirit of our festival,” said Gustavo Solís-Moya, the festival's director. Strel recently was featured in the documentary “The Big River Man,” a film that records his swim down the length of the Amazon River – 3,375 miles – an accomplishment that Guinness World Records recognizes as the longest swim to date.

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