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Joe Stewart is an aquapreneur who has started a number of open water charity swims as a way to raise funds and visibility for several charitable causes. He started the Maryland Swim for Life in 1991 as a benefit for HIV/AIDs organizations “The Maryland Swim for Life began with 1- and 2-mile swims in the […]
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While channel swimmers like Hank Wise have been approached by lemon sharks during crossings of the Catalina Channel (see videos below), and swimmers like Gary Hall Jr. have had encounters with sharks in the Atlantic, it is rare that passersby of aquariums are also approached by lemon sharks. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Ned Denison will be sweating it big-time during his 35 km swim across False Bay. But not due to the reportedly 19 different shark sightings within the last 4 days. Denison has been training daily in the presence of the abundant Great White Sharks without problems, but it is the unexpectedly warm 17°C water temperatures
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Open water swimmers are humble athletes who often face and overcome nearly insurmountable odds largely out of the public limelight. Quiet, respectful and reserved are the more likely descriptions of the open water swimmers rather than loud, arrogant and bombastic. They give praise to their families, coaches, pilots, observers and volunteers both onshore and in
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3-time Olympic medalist Ous Mellouli of Tunisia won the 2012 Swammy Award for Open Water Swimmer of the Year. SwimSwam‘s award categories include: Person of the Year, USA Club Team of the Year, Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Performance of the Year, Viral Video of the Year, Record Breaking Performance of the Year, Age
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Since 1950, over 20 swimmers from Cuba, the United States and Australia have attempted to swim from Cuba to Florida. While Susie Maroney crossed the 165 km wide Florida Strait in 1997 in 24 hours with the aid of a shark cage and protective swim gear, Chloë McCardel announced that she will give it a
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Imagine these cold conditions for the Coney Island Polar Bear Swim…they barely qualify for an Ice Swim… Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Ned Denison gave himself a Christmas present by flying to the shark’s den of False Bay in South Africa. Instead of merely sight-seeing and vacationing as others do, Denison decided to plunge in the treacherously dangerous waters and swim 20 miles across False Bay. His start time was early Sunday morning. His swim is being
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The zoological name for the human species is Homo sapiens where Homo is the generic name and sapiens indicates the species. Students learn about Homo erectus (upright man) and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (Neanderthals) in school. For fun, we assigned imaginery taxonomic ranks to the humans who swim: Home frigidissimus – humans who specialize in ice
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As 2012 comes to a close, many swimmers take stock of their achievements during the year. Some swimmers, however, will focus a bit more on their failures (real or perceived), missed opportunities, unexpected situations and all kinds of “what if” scenarios. In either case, most swimmers optimistically and ideally consider what is possible in the
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