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No one has traversed from Europe to Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar doing butterfly until today. Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros escorted by Jose Diaz and his Nadandolibre teammates completed the first butterfly crossing in 7 hours 5 minutes. More information on the unprecedented butterfly crossing is here. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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31-year-old Sarah Thomas did it again. After her successful Lake Tahoe two-way crossing in August, Thomas took on another two-way attempt in Lake Memphremagog that stretches from the U.S. state of Vermont to the Canadian province of Québec. She began her 50-mile unprecedented adventure on the Canadian side when she stepped into the water in
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Vito Bialla and the Night Train Swimmers hosted a night of gratitude to the donors and supporters of their world record relay of 228 miles at the San Diego Yacht Club tonight. On a summer night much more calm than the conditions that they faced over their charity swim for the Navy SEAL Foundation, each
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Over the thousands of years of recorded human history, mankind has traveled from Europe to Africa in multiple ways and with all kinds of forms of transportation. But no one has traversed from Europe to Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar doing butterfly. On Sunday September 8th, Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros escorted by his Nadandolibre teammates
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“Even on a rainy day like during our swim in Hanalei Bay on Kauai in Hawaii, the lush green mountains surrounding the bay and the warm clear water made it one of nicest ocean swims I’ve had the pleasure of doing,” said Californian artist Jen King. “The Hanalei Ocean Swim was my first real ocean
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While the rest of California swelters, Patti Bauernfeind continues to fight cold and the elements out in Monterey Bay after 12 hours. But she is approaching the shore in a cross-bay swim that has only been crossed once without a wetsuit by the legendary Cindy Cleveland. A dense fog has engulfed the bay and Bauernfeind,
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Monterey Bay has only been crossed once without a wetsuit by the legendary Cindy Cleveland who was also the first person to swim around Catalina Island. After Patti Bauernfeind has met too many jellyfish for success on her previous Monterey Bay attempts, the Dolphin Club and Night Train Swimmer member is currently making great progress
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Brian Skerry is an award-winning photojournalist specializing in marine wildlife and underwater environments. Since 1998 he has been a contract photographer for National Geographic Magazine covering a wide range of subjects and stories. His latest photography to be displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC beginning September 17th is too
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In point-to-point swims in lakes or along the coastline or in channel swims, swimmers generally have 3 basic goals: walk in, swim across, and walk out. But there are times when the last goal is impossible due to a variety of factors. In Milko van Gool‘s North Channel swim from Ireland to Scotland this July
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki has dodged a fair number of lightning strikes during her long career spanning nearly 20 years of professional marathon swimming, but lightning finally caught up with her. A lightning strike hit her bedroom tonight at her apartment in Orlando, Florida. From the heavens to her
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