After 28 hours 42 minutes since he started swimming from the island of Corsica, 27-year-old Noam Yaron (@noamyaron) is making good progress on his Odyssée Méditerranée, a 3-day non-stop assisted marathon swim.

The water appears relatively smooth – after 25 km – based on his TikTok update (@noamyaron_) shown below. But, as can be expected, not everything is going perfectly.

• The start was slightly delayed
• Jellyfish came out in droves and the team had to use the jellyfish net to protect him
• Yaron got cold at night and during the early morning hours, so he changed into a different wetsuit
• The sea is flat, but the expected finish will be on Monday – not Sunday as expected
• The morning sunrise gave Yaron a big mental boost
• No hallucinations yet as Yaron continues to smile and talk positively with his crew

His heading? Onwards to Monaco:

Noam Yaron is an ocean advocate and adventure swimmer from Switzerland whose 171 km crossing in the Mediterranean Sea is underway.

For support crew who have experienced a multi-day marathon swim adventure on lakes and in oceans, Day 2 is always an interesting experience:

• the adrenaline of Day 1 has worn off
• the shores on either side have long faded into the distance
• only an endless blue appears in the horizon in any direction
• crew members have settled into their routine
• the desire to sleep starts to become an issue – because in reality, many are on their second night of no sleep due to pre-swim preparations
• communications to the outside world are either smoothly achieved or frustratingly non-existent or, at best, intermittent
• a comprehensive analysis of what is necessary and what was forgotten leads to real-world decisions as to is absolutely necessary for success
• excitement – or worry – start to build as Day 3 becomes a very real possibility
• hallucinations – however slight – may start to come, both from the swimmer and/or the crew members who similarly are experiencing a lack of sleep

His Odyssée Méditerranée continues where he is using a wetsuit, an MP3 player, anti-jellyfish net, and a swim streamer.

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