Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The International Swimming Hall of Fame will host a Conference on Near-Death Experiences while Drowning on August 18th. This conference aims to bring attention to near-death experiences during a drowning episode, a long-lasting impactful trauma for all who have personally faced this issue. “I could

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nathalie Pohl of Germany completed her third Oceans Seven channel this morning when she stepped foot on the Southern California mainland after her 9 hour 9 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. The 21-year-old from Marsburg, Germany has competed internationally (15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong

Courtesy of Jacqueline McClelland, Infinity Channel Swimming on the Irish Sea. Following on from the Guinness World Record at Camlough Lake in 2009, the seeds of the Isle of Man crossing and Team Triskelion were sown. Historically, there had been three previous attempts. Two were done on the same day in 2010 by a four-person

Courtesy of CNN, Hermanus, South Africa. Arafat Gatabazi from the Democratic Republic of Congo walked over 3,400 km (2,112 miles) through five countries to reach Cape Town, South Africa. When he arrived he was homeless and unable to swim. He ultimately learned how to swim and attempted a crossing from Robben Island. He failed on

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim escorts and coaches swimmers from his adopted San Francisco Bay and the Strait of Magellan in his native Chile to the Galápagos Islands off the South American coast and Strait of Messina in Italy. Water World Swim, the world leader in open water

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Darren Turner, one of the many outstanding Australian swimmers and surf lifesavers of the 1980s and 1990s* recalls his long career in the open water swimming world: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: My most exciting race (dramatic) ocean swim during my career? Darren Turner: Of note was the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Redmond (Ireland), Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden), Michelle Macy (USA), Darren Miller (USA), Adam Walker (UK), and Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand) have all completed the Oceans Seven (i.e., solo successful crossings of the Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, English Channel, Tsugaru Channel, and North Channel). These