When you think of endurance swimming in New Zealand, you'd usually think of the Cook Strait or Lake Taupō.
But Mission Bay man Brian Gray is broadening the sport's horizons - he spent his weekend swimming 150 kilometres of the Waikato River.
It took him 30 hours without breaks to get from Karapiro to Port Waikato.
The river's current may have provided help along the way, but he didn't finish the task without some major dramas - including getting lost and swimming the wrong way for a few hours.
What's more, Brian used the swim as an opportunity to fundraise for Starship Hospital.
Photo: Ivan Polyntcev
