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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Upper photo courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich and Steve Haumschild, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. One of America’s most renowned and respected orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Tom Hackett has expended his adventurous spirit on dryland as an archaeologist, mountaineer, guide, and ski patrolman. After an all-nighter in the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Hackett made it successfully across the Molokai Channel […]
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Courtesy of Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. On September 10th, 58-year-old Dr. Mark Smitherman of Florida completed In Search of Memphre, the 25-mile border-crossing swim the length of Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont in the United States and Magog, Quebec in Canada. Dr. Smitherman, nicknamed Magoo, left
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Courtesy of Vito Bialla, Night Train Swimmers along the Sacramento River in California. Vito Bialla of the Night Train Swimmers made the decision to pull Kimberley Chambers about halfway along her planned 93-mile (149.6 km) solo swim along the Sacramento River today after 24 hours. “It was the right thing to do,” he said. “She
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Juli Berwald, Ph.D. is a science writer who authored Spineless, a book about jellyfish, as well as textbooks and popular science articles for National Geographic Magazine, Oceanus, Redbook, and Wired.com. Dr. Berwald’s engaging and entertaining style is evident in her blog: Fried Eggs In Spain is a recent report
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Courtesy of Andre Slade of OceanFit, Bondi Beach, Australia. Andre Slade of OceanFit compiled the results of his annual survey in order to find out what makes open water swimmers tick. “People who complete this year’s survey have a chance to win a share in $4,500 in prizes including that sensational trip for two to
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Caramoan 10k Open Water Swim Challenge from iC3 PhotographyCourtesy of Yvette ‘Betsy’ Medalla, Philippines. The Caramoan 10K Swim Challenge was held in the Philippines on August 21st. “Until last year, our country had no more than 3 to 4 open water races every year, but the number of participants in each race barely exceeded the
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Courtesy of Deanne Draeger, URBANSWIM, New York. Photos by Alba and Michael Dwass. The Liberty To Freedom Swim is a 2.2-mile open water swim from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Freedom tower in downtown Manhattan, New York. The third-year event, organized by Urban Swim, is dedicated to celebrating the freedom
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Motoko Honma (本間素子) is a Japanese open water swimmer who has participated in a number of relay channel swims. She was a member of Team Umiou (海王《うみおう》that completed a 12 hours 45 minute crossing of the 19 km Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan in 2013 together with Tomokazu Sakurai,
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Courtesy of Kimberley Chambers, Night Train Swimmers, northern California. Kimberley Chambers, a member of Night Train Swimmers, will attempt the longest solo swim in California. The swim, that commemorates the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, will begin in Sacramento on September 9th and end in Belvedere on September 11th, totaling 93 miles (149.6 km) over the
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