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Between Jellyfish and Fears: My Journey Across The North Channel

By Joel Matos Ortíz. Joel Matos Ortíz (37, Puerto Rico, MSF bio here, @joelmatosultra) has crossed the English Channel, the Cook Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Catalina Channel, and a 47 hour 6 minute 92 km crossing from the British Virgin Islands to his native Puerto Rico in 2019. But it was his cold

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

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

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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