So Wild: Top 10 Greatest Swimming Expeditions

Courtesy of Calum Hudson of the Wild Swimming Brothers.

Calum Hudson of the Wild Swimming Brothers wrote a lengthy and immensely interesting article on The Top 10 Greatest Swimming Expeditions.

His top 10 selections include:

#1 – Lynne Cox across the Bering Strait
#2 – Martin Strel – Stage swim down the Amazon River
#3 – Lewis Pugh – across the English Channel
#4 – Gertrude Ederle – first English Channel crossing by a woman
#5 – Matthew Webb – first English Channel crossing
#6 – Stephen Redmond – first Oceans Seven
#7 – Lord Byron – Hellespont crossing
#8 – Sarah Thomas – quadruple English Channel crossing
#9 – Ross Edgley – Great British Swim
#10 – Sean Conway swims the Length of Britain

For many, many more details, insights and impressions from the Wild Brothers, visit here.

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