US News ‘Drunk’ tourist thought to be the first person to survive swim across Hoover Dam

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A man from north Wales has been fined $330 (€276) by American police after he swam across the Hoover Dam on a stag do, apparently making himself the first person to make it across the reservoir alive.

Arron Hughes, a 28-year-old forklift driver, had reportedly been partying for 37 hours in Nevada when he decided to jump into the water and swim across it.

“It was around 45-40 degrees outside and we were on a stag do in Vegas. You go to Vegas to have fun, don’t you? We made The Hangover look tame,” he told the Daily Post.

“We were all just standing there, and I thought, f*** it! I’m going for a swim.”

Mr Hughes said his friends cheered him on as he swam across the Colorado River, which borders the states of Nevada and Arizona.

He said the swim took around 30 minutes but admitted he felt “knackered” half way across, but knew he had to make it to the other side as he could feel the water pulling him towards the dam.


Read more here. (The Independent)
 
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