Category: Open Water
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German Professor, Dr. Andreas Fath, Swimming Tennessee River For Science
German professor, Dr. Andreas Fath, is swimming hundreds of miles this summer, analyzing the entire Tennessee River.
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Swimming safety in Lake Michigan
After three drowning in three weeks, Carson Wilkinson, a master diver, offers safety tips for swimming in Lake Michigan.
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Swim the Arctic Circle: Open water swimming competition: Torne Tornio River Pello Övertorneå Lapland
Travel Pello in Finland tourism video: Swim the Arctic Circle – Open water swimming competition: Torne / Tornio River in Pello and in ÖvertorneÃ¥ Lapland (Finland and Sweden). Cross the Arctic Circle, border of Finland and Sweden and time zone border by swimming in July every year. More info: http://swimac.eu/ & http://travelpello.fi/en/
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The World’s Deepest Swimming Pool…?
Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen. 142m – 465ft in depth. Scottish swimmers & triathletes took part in the first ever Rubislaw “Open Water” Swim. The water had been tested and safety kayaks were on hand for the organised swim. Big thanks to Hugh Black and Mike Adams who organised the event and invited me along. Much…
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Avram Iancu – The Danube Swimmer Week Six
On June 20th 2017, Avram Iancu, the Romanian librarian who established a national record in 2016 by swimming the English Channel without a neoprene suit, takes up a new challenge. His dream is to swim along the entire Danube. 2860 km, 60 days, 10 hours of swimming per day, no thermal protection.
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A river-swimmer’s paradise in the heart of England
Preconceptions about places we’ve never been are formed in a multitude of ways: what we read, watch or hear about it, and sometimes even the people who are from there – whether we like them or not. Occasionally, there are areas we have no idea about. For me, that was a section in the heart…
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Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey from City to Sea
An imaginary journey swimming from city to sea, inspired by Roger Deakin’s wonderful wild swimming book, Waterlog. If you haven’t read it, I would urge you to buy a copy: http://amzn.to/2uaQy4E
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Avram Iancu – The Danube Swimmer Week Five
On June 20th 2017, Avram Iancu, the Romanian librarian who established a national record in 2016 by swimming the English Channel without a neoprene suit, takes up a new challenge. His dream is to swim along the entire Danube. 2860 km, 60 days, 10 hours of swimming per day, no thermal protection. Week five Dangerous…