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Lewis Pugh, Pioneering Adventurer & Ocean Advocate Courtesy of WOWSA, Antarctica. Lewis Pugh is an open water swimmer and a maritime lawyer who has pioneered swims in the most vulnerable ecosystems on Earth to campaign for their protection. In 2013, the United Nations appointed him as the UN Patron of the Oceans. Over 32 years, […]
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Swimming In The 1870’s In Paris Courtesy of Tim Johnson, History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming. Captain Tim Johnson, PE discusses pools in his book, History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming. “The scene of the swimming bath in Paris is from the pages of Harper’s Weekly, drawn by Simon Durand. The pool is crowded so that you
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Will There Be Silver Lining For Haley Anderson In Tokyo? Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Gwangju, South Korea. Haley Anderson has always been fast in the water, winning races both nationally and internationally. She has long swum in the open water from her childhood home in Granite Bay, California. But it was at the 2012
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Sighting And Swimming To FORM…Fantastic Courtesy of FORM, Vancouver, Canada. One of the facts of open water swimming is sensory deprivation. “You often cannot see too far, you often cannot hear much, you often cannot smell,” said Steven Munatones. You often do not know exactly how far you have swum or how long you have
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Stefano Salvatori Swimming The Aeolian Archipelago Courtesy of Ansa, Aeolian Archipelago, Italy. The Aeolian Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. Stefano Salvatori is a water polo player and a documentary filmmaker from Geo & Geo who completed the first crossing of the unprecedented Traversata delle Eolie a nuoto: sulla
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Rachel Lee Is Doubly Busy, Doubly Fast Photo courtesy of WOWSA, Northern Ireland. Rachel Lee is busy – and fast. The 39-year-old Irish open water swimmer serves as a Swift Water Rescue Technician with the Dublin City Firefighters. She is also a mother of twin boys (Lex and Bruce shown on left) and manages a
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Swimming Up Hill To Go Places Courtesy of John Duarte, California. Jamal Hill of Inglewood, California struggles with the degenerative disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth – but not much else. Filmmaker John Duarte discussed Hill, “Jamal, a Paralympic swimmer from Inglewood, California has blazed through boundaries. Once fully paralyzed from the neck down, and now top ranked in
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Brian Meharg To Speak At WOWSA Ocean Fest In Redondo Beach Courtesy of Brian Meharg, Bangor, Ireland It is widely acknowledged that the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland is 35 km of the toughest water on Planet Earth for channel swimmers. Lion’s mane jellyfish, cold water between 9 – 12°C (48 – 54°F),
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Richard Royal Readies For The River Courtesy of Richard Royal, Hull, UK. The last time the open water swimming community was following Richard Royal, it was when he swam from Sealand to the British coast [see video below]. His next adventure will be an attempt of a two-way solo swim of the River Humber. He
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Doctoring A Hoax Across The English Channel Courtesy of Channel Swimming Dover, English Channel. Channel Swimming Dover documented the fascinating history, mindset and English Channel swimming goals of Dr. Dorothy Cochrane Logan and her co-conspirator Horace Carey [shown on left]. Read her back story and the aftermath of her 1927 swim in the English Channel
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