Month: December 2018
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Missoula swimmer continues to smash records in the pool
Hellgate High School’s Katharine Berkoff says she didn’t like swimming as a young kid because the pool was too cold. But once she could start competing, she didn’t want to stop.
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Bangladesh’s most celebrated swimmer calls it a day
After nearly half a century navigating Bangladesh’s thousands of miles of rivers, the country’s most celebrated swimmer has hung up his trunks — but not before one final, arduous paddle upstream.
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Who needs wingsuits??!!
Freediver Stig Pryds jumps down a 30 meter deep canyon -without a wingsuit or a parachute! Ok, so it’s underwater, but still… stunt performed under supervision of safety divers by a very well-trained athlete. Find out more about Stig here: https://www.stigpryds.com/
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The Swim For Peace – from Cuba to Florida
After 15 years of writing letters, making phone calls and training, Ohio baker Walter Poenisch finally received a visa and permission to swim from Havana, Cuba to the Florida Keys. There to send him off on his harrowing journey was Fidel Castro who left a memento on board Walter’s guide boat that provides a mystery…
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Open Water Swimmer Conquers Barbados
Vern Glenn talks with a rock star of open-water swimming: Cameron Bellamy. (12-14-18)
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim
It’s not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health… and incredibly hard to study.