Year: 2018
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Women Who Travel Podcast: A Record-Setting Swimmer on Seeing the World by Water
Meet Jaimie Monahan, an ultramarathon and cold-water swimmer who has pitted herself against some of the world’s harshest bodies of water—from the choppy Pacific to the glacier-filled seascape of Antarctica—all for the sake of, as she puts it, “pursuing new experiences.†This month, Monahan embarked on what is perhaps her greatest challenge to date: to become the…
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The Long Swim: Glowstick on Speedos
Lewis Pugh, oceans campaigner and endurance athlete, continues his ‘unrelenting’ mission through the dark sea.
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Crocodile caught on camera using swim noodle to cross canal
A photo posted to Instagram earlier this month is creating a stir in Key Largo, Florida. Crock on a float #keylargo #rockemnreelem #floating #keyslife A post shared by Victor F Perez (@vfpkeys) on Aug 6, 2018 at 5:16pm PDT
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The Best Wild Swimming in Wales
Wales in the summer involves a lot more swimming than wales in the winter.
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Man drowns in pool trying to teach himself to swim: Peel police
Peel Regional police say a man has drowned at his apartment building pool in Mississauga, Ont., while teaching himself to swim. A police spokesperson told Global News officers were called to Queen Frederica Drive with reports of a drowning around 4 p.m. The spokesperson said paramedics transported a 29-year-old man to hospital, where he was pronounced…
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Ill health forces Dutch Olympian Maarten van der Weijden to halt long-distance swim
Maarten van der Weijden beat leukemia and went on to win an Olympic gold swimming medal in Beijing, but even his powers of endurance weren’t enough to complete his latest challenge. Ill health on Monday forced van der Weijden to halt his ambitious bid to swim the 200-kilometer (124-mile) route of an iconic speedskating race…
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Woman survives 10 hours in open water after cruise ship fall
A British woman fell from the deck of a cruise ship and spent a harrowing 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia before being rescued on Saturday.