I doubt anyone is dissing on Simon Dominguez and calling him a wimp or a quitter. This is a pretty good reason to cut short an attempt at a monumental swim.

Simon was trying to be the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the Farallon Islands, a distance of about 28 miles. And he was doing pretty darned good. But with about three and a half miles to go, Simon started being circled by a great white shark.

According to the Associated Press story, Simon "reluctantly" climbed into his support boat and called it quits. Yeah, I doubt the shark would have been "reluctant" to see what the strange snack was in the water.

Dominguez doesn't know if he'll make another attempt at the big swim. I doubt anyone else will, either, so the opportunity to be first should be there for awhile.   DB

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