Strait of Gibraltar two way crossing, Travesia Peniche islas Berlengas, 2010

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1 Swimmer Data name Christian Jongeneel Anderica age on date of swim Born March 11th 1974, so 42 nationality Spanish city & country of residence Malaga, Spain major marathon swims completed Strait of Gibraltar crossing, 2004 Strait of Gibraltar two way crossing, 2005 English Channel crossing, 2007 Catalina Channel crossing, 2008 Cook Strait crossing, 2011 Molokai Channel crossing, 2012 Gateway to India Challenge, 2012 Travesia Peniche islas Berlengas, 2010 Menorca Channel crossing, 2015 Swim Route brief description: 1-2 sentences Double Circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City, starting and finishing in the Hudson River at South Cove in downtown Manhattan. type: straight-line, circumnavigation, or other Double Circumnavigation start: name/description and GPS coordinates Hudson River at South Cove, Manhattan: 40 42'27.9"N 74 01'08.0"W finish: name/description and GPS coordinates

2 Hudson River at South Cove, Manhattan: 40 42'27.9"N 74 01'08.0"W Support Personnel Names of everyone involved in the swim, and each of their roles. Safety Director: Gerry Louw Observer: Deanne Draeger Pilot: Tony Tarrabocchia, CG Island Pilot: Jimmy Helmick, Bo Daddy Pilot: Eddie Scola, No Problem Kayaker: Lorenzo Bevilaqua Kayaker: Ted Gruber Kayaker: Paul Baker Logistics/Crew/Kayaker: Simon Conesa Logistics/Photographer/Kayaker: Sergio Marrero Crew: Carmen Jongeneel Photographer: Mario Berger Rules List any deviations from standard swim rules and conduct MSF Standard - no deviations! Observer Report - See Attached Start time and date (include local time zone) 7:33 AM, EST, Saturday, September 17,2016 Finish time and date 3:49 AM, EST, Sunday, September 18, 2016 Elapsed time of swim (hours, minutes, seconds) 20 hours, 15 minutes, 57 seconds Regular timestamped observations: track.rs/urbanswimdoublecirc GPS location (latitude, longitude) Stroke rate (strokes per minute)

3 Water temperature Air temperature Wind speed or force Wave height Subjective description of conditions Any notable events (e.g., wildlife encounters) Signatures of all witnesses to swim [Optional but recommended] Narrative account of swim: facebook.com/urbanswim GPS Tracking Data track.rs/urbanswimdoublecirc Exported track from SPOT account (gpx preferred) Exported track from Garmin Connect (gpx preferred) Photos and Video A representative collection of images and video footage, taken at various stages of the swim. Photos: Video: Swimmer Narrative I decided to attempt this challenge for social commitment where the UN General Assembly is located. Moreover, working in the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, I found out that this Spanish NGO was opening a delegation in another country for the very first time, and the chosen country was the US, so that decided me to plan for an event in the Big Apple.

4 As in all our previous challenges, this time all funds raised will go towards one of Vicente Ferrer's Foundation programs in India, including access to clean water and sanitation, health care, etc. For this swim specifically we are focusing on the nutritional program for women with HIV / AIDS, which aims to help improve the risk situation of women in rural areas of Anantapur, providing nutritional and health care. Probably it is not widely known that in India a girl is worse fed than a child since childhood. The rates of malnutrition and infant mortality are both higher for females than for males. Traditionally we have received a multitude of small donations in our crowdfunding site, and we hope this time we will be successful again in mobilizing enough funds to fully run the nutritional program for women with HIV / AIDS. There are three main challenge that we will encounter in this swimming attempt: the most obvious is that the swim will be long, comprising 92 Km, and a swim time that we estimate around 22 hours. Second, night swimming around Manhattan is a complex and dangerous endeavor and requires very careful planning. Lastly, there are strong and changing currents that will demand a constant adaptation of my swimming, making this one of the most difficult tests I've ever done. We experienced everything imaginable. It was an awful finish because I caught a cold during the first lap Other Supporting Data Marine buoy readings for time of swim (e.g., NOAA National Data Buoy Center) Media coverage of swim (newspaper articles, TV segments, etc.) Local tide predictions for time of swim

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