No wetsuit. Swimmer got cold, no kidding.
Eric Gutierrez was swimming through the darkness, in chilly ocean waters, with only swim trunks and a head-mounted light.
His goal was to become the first person to ever cross the Monterey Bay while swimming without a wetsuit.
“I’m really optimistic that I might be able to do this. It’s a long way, straight across it’s 24 miles. It’s really a mind game to endure that long,” Gutierrez told KSBW before diving in.
Gutierrez swam 17 miles as a support crew followed him in a kayak. At one point, he was surrounded by a school of dolphins.
He abandoned his cross-bay attempt around noon when he was a few miles offshore from Moss Landing.