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Information courtesy of Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association. Video courtesy of Sergey Sobolev of the Yakutsk Divers Club. First there was the Seven Summits: Kilimanjaro (5,892m in Africa), Vinson Massif (4,892m in Antarctica), either Kosciuszko (2,228m) or Carstensz Pyramid (4,884m in Australia), Mount Everest (8,848m in Asia), Elbrus (5,642m in Europe), Mount […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Walker and his father started Underwater Audio five years ago. “We have loved growing our small business. We always hear great feedback from swimmers that have helped us improve our products and continue to wow the swimming community. I’m particularly proud of our Swimbuds Sport headphones and waterproof
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Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. The Marathon Swimmers Federation published its annual swimming calendar that can be purchased here for US$20. Each month in the MSF Calendar highlights an open water swimmer and their photographer: Cover – Sarah Thomas swimming in Lake Powell in Arizona. Photo by Ken Classen. January – Howard James on the
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Courtesy of Universal Channel, Character Uncovered, South Africa. There is an undeniable, endless joy that emanates from deep within the soul of Roger Finch as he journeys on his globe-trotting mission of open water swimming, crewing and volunteering. While Finch literally travels the world, smiling, swigging and swimming to his heart’s desire, his efforts were
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What do these watermen and waterwomen have in common? Lewis Pugh, Maarten van der Weijden, Diana Nyad, Dr. Peter Attia, Vicki Keith, Ori Sela, Tim Ferriss, Dr. Angel Yanagihara, Dr. Tim Noakes, Maria Conceicao, Lynne Cox, Guillaume Néry, Craig Dietz, Dana Vollmer, Marcia Cleveland, and Kimberley Chambers. These individuals
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “In the early spring morning in 1991, I was standing on the beach at Ajigaura Beach in Ibaraki Prefecture. Ajigaura is a great surfing and ocean swimming beach is north of Tokyo and adjacent to Fukushima where a 9.1 magnitude earthquake led to a large 13-15 meter high (43-49
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Unidentified swimmers from the 1927 Canadian National Exhibition race in Toronto. Unidentified swimmers from the 1930 Canadian National Exhibition race in Toronto. After 17-year-old Toronto swimmer George Young won the 1927 Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim across the Catalina Channel in January, the Canadian National Exhibition hosted its own marathon swim during the annual August event.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara and his support team are ready for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island on Tuesday, November 29th. Crew member Capri Djatiasmoro reports, “The water temperature is 72°F (22°C) for the expected swim of 24 hours or less. The Internet WiFi communication is sparse
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