Petersburg man completes swim across Frederick Sound

They say 'To dare is to do,' and Scott May, 59, did just that when he successfully completed the first known open-water swim across Frederick Sound.

May, aided by his wife Bridget Wittstock and Tom Thompson in a boat alongside him, completed the 4-mile swim on Wednesday in about four hours, starting from Horn Cliffs on the mainland and making landfall at Frederick Point.

"I didn't think I'd really actually do it and I really didn't tell anybody, but when I said it to a few people then I was like, 'oh dang, now I have to do it!'" May exclaimed.

May, who is an accomplished triathlete, decided to...

 

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