Jim Dreyer waves to the crowd as he embarks on his estimated 2.5 day journey across Lake Superior on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, in Grand Portage, Minn. Dreyer is trying to finish a swim across all five Great Lakes. Dreyer, a resident of Byron Center near Grand Rapids, Mich., made successful swims of Lake Michigan in August 1998 and Lake Huron in September 1999. He swam Lake Erie in July 2000 and Lake Ontario the following month. (AP Photo/The Duluth News Tribune, Michael Stenerson)