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Matthieu Witvoet and Chloé Léger Across The Atlantic and Into French Schools – Update

Chloé Witvoet and Matthieu Witvoet will attempt a 1,900 km transatlantic drift swim from Cape Verde off the coast of Africa to Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre, in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea, beginning in November 2025

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The Vision of Panagiotis Nastos, As Told By Stathis Avramidis

Dr. Stathis Avramidis, President of the Greek Lifesaving Sports Association wrote a touching tribute to Panagiotis Nastos, a pharmacist in Piraeus who envisioned starting a swimming school in Greece, the first of its kind to help reduce the number of countless drownings that occurred at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Nadine Bennett Does A Thomas Across Lake Willoughby

Courtesy of Phil White. Photos courtesy of Kathleen Marcil. Doing a Thomas – or an unassisted, continuous four-way crossing of any open body of water – is never easy and always takes a significant amount of planning, with a splash of good luck. Phil White, escort pilots Gary Coburn and Karina Palmorino, crew members Denise Herman  and Christine Herman, and escort kayaker and photographer Kathleene Marcil planned

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Swimming Around St. Helena, One of the Most Remote Islands in the World

Howard James of Open Water Africa announced a unique 45 km marathon swim around one of the most remote islands in the world. The swim window of the St Helena Island Ultra Marathon Swim between March and April, a circumnavigation swim around Saint Helena Island, United Kingdom’s second-oldest overseas territory. James said, “Experienced open water swimmers are invited on

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Between Jellyfish and Fears: My Journey Across The North Channel

By Joel Matos Ortíz. Joel Matos Ortíz (37, Puerto Rico, MSF bio here, @joelmatosultra) has crossed the English Channel, the Cook Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Catalina Channel, and a 47 hour 6 minute 92 km crossing from the British Virgin Islands to his native Puerto Rico in 2019. But it was his cold

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Hank Wise, Straight As An Arrow, Creates his 8th Cosmic Connection across the Catalina Channel

When Hank WIse (57, USA, MSF bio here) climbed up the nearly vertical face of Arrow Point on the east end of Santa Catalina Island, he had taken a nearly straight line from Terranea Cover on the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the Southern California mainland to Santa Catalina Island [see here]. It was his eighth career crossing

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