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Simon Olliver Overcomes The Channel of Bones to Achieve The Oceans Seven

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Reported by Bill Goding in Hawaii. On his third attempt, Simon Olliver (61, New Zealand, MSF bio here, @simon_channelswimmer) from Christchurch completed a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii, escorted by Ivan Shigaki on August 30th in 14 hours 24 minutes on his third attempt. The courageous crossing of the Channel of Bones enabled him […]

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First Impressions and First Sights of the North Channel

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Wow. After landing in Dublin via a nearly 11-hour flight from LAX, I traveled to Belfast, then Bangor, and then Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. My plan is to watch Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @andreaswaschburger) attempt a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Donaghadee to Portpatrick,

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Beauty, Sadness, Mystery at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race

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Beauty The Turkish Olympic Committee’s annual Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race is so cool and so iconic. On the one day of the year that the Bosphorus Strait is closed to all regular marine traffic and the open water swimming community takes over, the intercontinental crossing of the Bosphorus Strait is a showcase of all

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Salvatore Cimmoni Crosses Molokai in his Swimming in the Seas of the Globe

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“I faced strong winds and very large ocean swells, but I made it,” said amputee Salvatore Cimmino (Italy, @salvator.cimmino) who crossed the 45 km Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu at Kaiser Estate near China Walls in 13 hours 27 minutes escorted by pilot Manoa Buckman (@triedtofixit_thanbrokeit_manoa). Bill Goding said, “China Walls was ruled out due to the difficulty [Salvatore

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How the Legend of Sandy Inspired the Swims of Raymond Le Croix and John Procope

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John Procope (@thebigswimtt, The Big Swim, shown above on right) is a Tobagonian scuba diver with a deep felt appreciation of the oceans around him – as well as a well of knowledge about the native history of his homeland. Procope was inspired by Sandy, an enslaved African who became the leader of the first

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In A Land Far Away, Cameron Bellamy Rises To The Challenge Again

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Photos and report courtesy of Ryan Stramwood (52, South Africa, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, hashtag#pushpastimpossiblle™️). Cameron Bellamy (43, South Africa, MSF bio here, @cam_ubunye) is an adventurer of extremes. He has completed the Oceans Seven, the 90 km Swim Around Barbados in 40 hours 46 minutes in 2018, and a 151 km crossing from Barbados to St. Lucia in 56

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