Category: Open Water
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Sean Conway to ‘swim for the rhino’ at Midmar Mile
Read southafrica.info Sean Conway, the first and only man in history to swim the length of Great Britain, was in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Wednesday to attend the official press launch of the 2014 aQuelle Midmar Mile, and to lend his support to Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife‘s efforts to save the rhino. Conway’s love of endurance…
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Behold Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović ice swimming in this Volvo commercial
The soundtrack is him reading the lyrics to a remix of the Swedish national anthem “Du gamla, Du fria“, while the video shows Zlatan in beautiful Sweden, driving a Volvo and hunting reindeer and stuff. And to show true manliness, he goes ice swimming.
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Behold Will Gerard swimming with Orcas
As the video description says, “Free Willy Vs Free Willy” Will Gerard was visiting family in Pelorus Sound for Christmas and decided to take a swim while out on a fishing trip. While swimming he spotted what he thought were signs of dolphins and had his family pass him his waterproof camera. “I’ve always loved…
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Germany: Swimmers brave freezing waters for Europe’s biggest winter swim
“Thousands took part in Europe’s largest organised winter swim as part of annual Karneval celebrations in Bavaria on Saturday.”
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Crocodile took 12-year-old boy during swim in water hole
Read for instance BND A crocodile is suspected to have taken a 12-year-old boy after attacking his friend as they swam in a water hole on Sunday in a popular Outback tourist destination in northern Australia. Police believed the missing boy was taken by a crocodile as he and a number of other boys swam…
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Grandview swimmers take the ‘Plunge’ for Special Olympics
See kshb.com More than 1,100 swimmers took to the freezing waters of Longview Lake on Friday all for a good cause. It’s part of the “Polar Plunge,†a 21-hour fundraising event for the Special Olympics. “It’s one of those things, as soon as you hit the water, its pins and needles,†described swimmer Mike Day.…
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The World’s Clearest Water to Swim in is in Iceland
Swimming between tectonic plates (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)
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Coroner pays tribute to Channel swimmer Susan Taylor
Read The Hinckley Times A coroner has praised the selflessness of a charity fundraiser who collapsed and died as she neared the end of her attempt to swim the English Channel. Susan Taylor was trying to fulfil a childhood ambition, as well as raising funds for a children’s hospice, when she was taken ill a…
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2014 Christmas Swims in Russia, Saratov, Volga river
christening ice swimming Saratov 2014 from Dmitry Kedrov on Vimeo.