The Hudson River snakes through forests and rushes over boulders in the Adirondack Mountains before settling into a wide, slow flow closer to New York City. It stretches 315 miles (507 kilometers) from source to end. Lewis Pugh finished swimming all of it on Wednesday morning. The 53-year-old endurance swimmer emerged from the water off […]
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