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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of mf foto on Shutterstock.com, Glacier Bay, Alaska. It will not be before long before there are open water swimming adventures and swims in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska’s Inside Passage. Part of one of the world’s largest international protected areas, Glacier Bay offers a backdrop of rugged mountains, dynamic glaciers, wild coastlines […]
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Courtesy of Doug Meet in Big Sur, California. The scale of swimming along the Big Sur coastline in central California can be as majestic as it is difficult. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable difficult open water swimming competitions. But that is part of the challenge and allure. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. Everyone has a weakness when it comes to open water swimming. Weakness
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Courtesy of Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi – Turkish Olympic Committee. One can define channel swimming to be at least 200 years old. With Lord Byron crossing the Hellespont in 1810, his 1 hour 10 minute crossing of the strait in Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara set the bar and the
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Courtesy of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Spectral Q in Paris, France. Open water swimming organizer and visionary Doug Woodring is usually found along the shorelines of Hong Kong, California or Portugal, but his latest ventures have taken him to Paris. “This is what we made today in Paris, as part of a new chapter, in both a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Brennan of the USA Today and other reporters and specialists like Professor Kristina Mena, Waterborne Virus Expert at the University of Texas, continue to warn about the “sewage-infested waters” of Rio de Janeiro. “The chance of the Olympic athletes becoming infected, reaching as high as 99%,” predicts Mena
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While climate change negotiations continue in Paris, open water swimmer Doug Woodring has been very busy with #ListenParis2015. This weekend, this global, 24-hour dance party and silent disco will encourage participants to tune into a worldwide livestream with music provided by some of the world’s top DJs, including Above
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers‘ The Big Swim on Mt Tres Cruces in Argentina. Madswimmers completed their high-altitude charity swim at 5909m (19,386 feet) in a frozen lake on Mt Tres Cruces, a volcano in the Andes Mountains along the Argentina-Chile border in South America. Yesterday, five Madswimmers did the highest swim in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bernard Stone and Danny Hanlon are gearing up for their January attempt of the Cook Strait. Stone and Hanlon will attempt the crossing as a 2-man relay trying to raise awareness and funds for Alchemy Charitable Trust that assists UK West Kent and Sussex residents facing exceptional need. The
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