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Midnight Ties Between Myrtle Huddleston, Wayne Strach

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. American Myrtle Huddleston and Canadian Wayne Strach swam 75 years apart and had similar experiences in the middle of the night in the middle of their swims. Five years after she learned how to swim, Myrtle Huddleston attempted the first widthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe in California. During the

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Typhoon Postpones Boguslaw Ogrodnik In Tsugaru Channel

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Boguslaw Ogrodnik knows how weather can affect an endurance event. The Polish swimmer, lawyer and mountaineer from Wrocław is a member of the Peak and Pond Challenge, an exclusive club of adventurers who have successfully summitted Mount Everest and also swam across the English Channel. Ogrodnik dealt with weather

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Duje Milan, Karla Šitić Win Plivački Maraton Jarak-Šabac

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 47th International Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim (Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac or Peace Race) is a 19 km marathon swim that has been unfailingly held during times of international sanctions, war and peace along the River Sava in Šabac, Serbia. Duje Milan of Croatia won this year’s race in 2 hours

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