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CC photo #536: Týr frontman Heri Joensen completes the 2013 swim across Skálafjørður
Heri Joensen, lead vocal and guitarist of Týr completing the “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013” open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, Sunday 16 June, 2013, in sync with his girlfriend. I suspect they gave him the No. 13 cap on purpose :-) Here is one of their songs, built upon one of our…
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CC photo #535: Cecilia winner of Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013
Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal from the swim club Ægir in KlaksvÃk racing to another sea swimming victory here in the Faroe Islands, at the open water event across the firth Skálafjørður, Sunday 16 June, 2013. She managed the 1600+ meters in 21:44.20, the fastest man second in 28:02.86.
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CC photo #534: Tórshavn sea swimmers arriving in style
A view from my house last Sunday, the team of masters swimmers from Havnar Svimjifelag arriving in style on the good ship Norðlýsið, to participate in the open water event across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands. They should have had the sails up, that would have looked even better :-)
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CC photo #533: Something we scooped out of the sea, yesterday
Behold Jon Hestoy’s swim cap, scooped out of the sea during the ocean swim across the firth Skálafjørður here in the Faroe Islands, June 16th, 2013. He lost it with maybe 400 meters to go, and swam the rest cap-less in the 7°C (45°F) ‘warm’ water. It made a difference, he said. Hestoy is president…
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CC photo #532: Cup winners at Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013
Top-three placed swimmers of the open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, today Sunday 16, 2013. They are standing in a festival tent, which makes it all a bit circusy.
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CC photo #531: Instructions before the 2012 Seaman’s Day swim
Last minute instructions before the 2012 Seaman’s Day swim across KlaksvÃk harbor, back in 2012. Cold sea water makes people speculative. Tomorrow we will swim across the local firth here at Toftir, ‘we’ as in I will be taking photos :-)
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CC photo #530: A very dusty car in Dubai
We walked past this car daily while at the FINA 2010 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I wondered if it was because the owner hadn’t had time to wash if after some kind of ‘haboob‘ dust storm, but apparently it could be just as well be because someone had to flee…
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CC photo #529: CN Sant Andreu pool ready for Mare Nostrum 2013
The “Piscina Coberta Pere Serrat – Club Natació Sant Andreu” ready for the 34th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona leg of the 2013 Mare Nostrum circuit.