A quick thanks to our sponsor Rocky Mountain Images!

Still Paul...  Thank you for your support and the great team T-shirts adorned with little Katelyn's artwork!!

http://www.rmimages.com/

Update from the overnight shift

Paul here.  Great news from the pontoon boat night crew!!  Emily's doing fantastic!!  She's about 18-20 miles out and still swimming strong, keeping a good, steady pace (even through some apparently rather choppy water during a windy overnight), and her spirits are still high!  I was told she's been cracking jokes, so it's great to hear that she's still in a good mental state.  Physically, she's been keeping to her "feeding" schedule, and perhaps most importantly, her "shoulders feel good" which if you know Emily is nothing but great news!

The boat crew has a bunch of great pictures and video, so once they've had a chance to get some rest we'll get some of those posted.

GO EMILY!!!

Paul B

A quick word from our sponsors

Paul here.  Just got word that the night shift will back on dry land in about 30 minutes, so should have an update in an hour or so.  In the meantime, a quick word from another great sponsor:

Thank you for your support CytoSport!!

http://www.cytosport.com/

A brief morning update and some pics from the start

Good morning, Paul here.  I last spoke with the boat crew at 4:30 am PDT and Emily was still doing great and just chugging along!  And by my estimate from the SPOT data, as of 8:48 am PDT, Emily has swum 24.1 miles!

I was supposed to have received a call from the pontoon boat this morning with an update, but alas I did not get that call and the day shift relief boat crew left a short while ago to transit up to meet the pontoon boat.  So it will probably be another few hours before I can get any updated information from the night crew.

Below are some great pics that our sister Krissy Davis took at the start of Em's swim.

Paul B

Another quick word from our sponsors

How about a 3 am word from one of our sponsors?  Again without whose support this epic swim would not be possible!  Thanks for your support blueseventy!

http://blueseventy.com/

Some pictures from the start

Paul here.  This will be my last update for the night.  Sister Krissy Davis took a bunch of great shots from the start of the swim, a few of which I have added to my "Lakke for Katelyn" set on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulycoug92/sets/72157627439528461/.  Krissy was exhausted after returning from the day shift on the boat crew, but has a ton more pictures and on Thursday we'll try and figure out how to get a few more of those posted.  I'm tired too, but in the morning I will directly post these pics from the start on here.

I did just talk to the night shift and Emily is doing great and in high spirits!

Talk to you in the morning!  Paul B

Day boat crew has returned.

Paul here.  Day boat crew just got back.  Emily's kicking butt!!   She's smiling, keeping positive, and now has a fresh new boat crew to see her through the night.  The wind's at her back.

Co-heroes of the evening are Aunt Kathy and the nice gentleman at the Manson, WA, Red Apple that helped her come up with a pseudo sterno-stove on 20 minutes notice to get Emily warm drinks through the night.  Well done!!

Sister Krissy bought back some pictures from the swim, but it's going to probably be at least another hour or two to get them uploaded.

Stand by.  Paul B