By Liz Morrish
In April there can still be ice on the Hudson River but just over two months later, a group of swimmers took to the water to attempt the stages of the Hudson River 8 Bridges Marathon Swim 2017. Eight days on, nine of them had successfully completed this 120-mile odyssey from its starting point near Kingston, NY, following the river due south to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge which marks the point at which the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean.