Category: Open Water
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Navy vet about halfway through swim of the Mississippi
A 28-year-old Navy combat veteran is about halfway through his effort to swim the length of the Mississippi River. Chris Ring passed through the St. Louis area Monday as part of his goal of completing the 2,552-mile swim over six months. He typically swims 14 to 16 miles per day, except on Sundays, and started June 6…
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Alcatraz: Can Kevin Swim to Freedom?
The mission is to escape from the island using nothing more than what they would have had in the 1950s. Grant is in a makeshift raft, Kevin is going to swim.
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Isklar Norseman 2015 – Bad to the bone
Triathlon, yes, but still also open water, and an awesome video !
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Our terrifying swim: Two Syrians’ journey through dark waters to Greece
Hesham Modamani looked out at the sea separating him and his dream of getting to Europe, the continent that could finally free him from the horrors back at home in Syria. The 24-year old felt nervous. Modamani couldn’t afford to pay the $1,350 ticket for a smuggler to ferry him across the channel between the…
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Two Santa Barbara Residents Raise 10 Grand after Ocean Swim
Jason Smith and Tina Hill swam from Santa Cruz Island to Oxnard Beach
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Martin Strel aka Big River Man to swim around the world
Martin Strel swims with a knife strapped to his right leg — in case he encounters sharks, “vampire” fish and other deadly marine life in the world’s wildest waters. On Thursday, the 60-year-old marathon swimmer announced the toughest feat of his life: A 10,000-mile, around-the-world voyage on water to draw public attention to increasing aquatic…
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Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim
Labor Day is basically a going away party, a fond farewell to summer. Â But in Oceanside it is the site of the longest annual rough water swim in the West, the Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim. Nearly 500 competitors dove into the Pacific Ocean Monday morning hoping to make the 1.1 mile swim around the…