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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 63-year-old Jim Clifford is not one to tout his physical talents, but his channel swims this year certainly proved how talented the low-key American is. This year, Clifford not only ripped off the fastest English Channel crossing of anyone in history over the age of 50 (less than 2 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Swim the Eden Expedition was 20 years in the making. 25-year-old Calum Hudson, 23-year-old Jack Hudson, and 28-year-old Robbie Hudson completed their 145 km (90-mile) Swim the Eden Expedition along the River Eden from Hell Gill Beck in North Yorkshire to the Solway Firth where the river flows
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers hiking up Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. A group of 7 South African Madswimmers, 2 medics, 4 support climbers, a tour guide and a cameraman continue on their way hiking up Mt Ojos del Salado to attempt the highest swim in the world in the Andes mountains
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Once Ram Barkai puts his mind on something, it will get done. After he hosted the first Ice Mile in Fraserburg on the Northern Cape, known as the coldest region of South Africa in 2011, the growth of ice swimming has been on a constant upward trajectory. There has
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Courtesy of Alice Correa Ferlin. On November 22nd, an open water event organized by Mais Travessias was held at Itapuã Park in the Guaiba Lagoon in Port Alegre, Brazil. “It was a beautiful day and ambiance that the 54 swimmers competing in the 1.5 km sprint and 4 km Pombas Island Challenge and their families
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Courtesy of Niebla on Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-Villamil, Spain. Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-Villamil has been running Descenso a Nado Ría de Navia in Spain for over 40 years. Since the age of 17, ‘Moreno’ (his nickname) has served as a volunteer in the Desceso (with its 1.1 km, 1.7 km, 3 km, 5 km races)
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Despite the cold and waves, right outside the Cliff House and the old Sutro Baths ruins at Ocean Beach, a lone swimmer was seen swimming between the Seal Rocks. The Cliff House and the Sutro Baths ruins are located at Ocean Beach that is on the west coast of
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers hiking up Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. Slowly but surely the Madswimmers Mt Ojos team is getting higher and higher towards their goal. Madswimmer founder Jean Craven and team doctor Darryl Wood are interviewed on their latest altitude hike to climatize to 4,592 meters in the Atacama
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers hiking up Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. The Madswimmers Mt Ojos team has eventually reached Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina after 3 days of traveling to their camp at 3,260 meters last night as they prepare for The Big Swim. “They are now climbing out the
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Escort Pilots In The Open Water World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The heroes and heroines of the open water are most definitely the swimmers. But other indispensable individuals in the sport – like Charlie Gravett of Jersey in the Channel Island [shown on left] – include pilots, captains, mariners, navigators, oceanographers and skippers
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