Swim only added to Escape from Alcatraz tri....

Not to be dense, but arnt their great whites in SF bay? No way could i swim with that in the back of my mind.

There's great whites all up and down the California coast, even get great whites in Hawaii. 

People are not shark food.

(And btw, the swim on July 16th is called the Shark Fest )

Edited by ChrisM 2005-06-06 5:57 PM

Yeah! That's what makes it exciting.

There are great whites off the east coast, too. Here's a link to one spotted off the Mass. shore:

http://www2.whdh.com:80/news/articles/local/B54699/

But that's not the real Escape from Alcatraz site, right? I mean you have to qualify for the real one, and this page doesn't say "Escape for Alcatraz" on it.

Whoops!  you're right, it's not "escape from alcatraz,"  but "escape from the rock" triathlon

And I like your style  

Edited by ChrisM 2005-06-06 6:46 PM

"A great white was responsible for the last fatal shark attack in Massachusetts, in 1936, when a child was killed while swimming in Buzzards Bay near Mattapoisett. (AP)"

Not a bad safety record going there!