Adventures On The High Seas – Updates From Around The World

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While Ross Edgley (@rossedgley) shifted gears on The Great Icelandic Swim, Ireland’s Daragh Morgan (@swimeire) is concurrently on Day 43 of Swim Éire, a 1,600 km assisted stage swim around the entire coast of Ireland while Swiss swimmer Noam Yaron (@noamyaron) is on Day 2 of his 180 km Odyssée Méditerranée assisted stage swim from Corsica to Monaco, and Jari Cennet Tammi (@swim_trek) is on his second (of an anticipated seven) year of his 9,000 km self-sufficient stage swim from Istanbul, Turkey to Cádiz, Spain.

Here is an update on these stage swims:

The Great Icelandic Swim

This is arguably history’s roughest, toughest open water swims. The relentless waves and constant turbulence that Edgley and his support team have had to deal with each day is beyond imagination.

Wavy and windy do not even begin to accurately describe The Great Icelandic Swim.

Frightening. Risky. Dangerous. Freezing cold – with orcas present. These are only a few words that can hint at what Edgley has faced since his start on May 17th from Reykjavik, Iceland in 6-7°C water.

Now on Day 87, Edgley and his team had to make a operational and navigational decision to change direction (from the original clockwise plan to the current counterclockwise direction). So we suggested that his traditional stage swim is now defined as a 1600 km Bidirectional, Non-contiguous, Non-continuous, Assisted Stage Swim.

However it is described, it is epic.

For more information, visit rossedgley/great-icelandic-swim.

Swim Éire

While the 39-year-old British aquatic adventurer Edgley has faced a number of endurance challenges throughout his career, the young 26-year-old Dubliner Daragh Morgan (@daraghmorgan98) is on his first massive feat.

From Galway, he started on May 31st and has swum for 43 days facing mind-numbing turbulence, currents, jellyfish, and waves. Nothing has been easy so far – and nothing going forward is expected to get any easier.

He has swum 703 km so far and is en route to Dublin. He swims when the weather permit in a non-continuous assisted stage swim, the first solo attempt at a solo circumnavigation swim around Ireland.

For updated information on his charity swim that aims to inspire people to connect with, respect, and protect Ireland’s wild waters — ensuring they remain a vital resource for future generations, visit here.

Odyssée Méditerranée

Noam Yaron (27, Switzerland, @iamnoamyaron) is already facing what nearly every swimmer has faced in the ocean after swimming for more than 24 hours: a terribly troubled salt water tongue.

After 24 hours in 26-27°C water temperatures and over 80 km in saltwater since 8 am yesterday, the prolonged exposure leads to a wrinkled irritation and painful inflammation.

The 27-year-old Swiss swimmer has over 6.1 million followers on his social media and is swimming to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the Mediterranean Sea.

For more information and updates on his environmental swim, visit www.calvi-monaco.com.

Swim Voyage Adventures

Jari Cennet Tammi (@swim_trek) continues to plug away at the world’s longest stage swim, a 9,000 km coastal swim from Istanbul, Turkey to Cádiz, Spain – that will take another 5 years at a minimum of complete.

Imagine pulling, dragging, and carrying all your gear behind you for 7 years. 64-year-old Tammi uses a customized Pro Drybag 100L.