Category: Open Water
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Total Immersion Open Water Camp, Cirali, Turkey, 2012
“This film was shot at the Total Immersion Open Water Camp – Çıralı, Turkey, September 29 to October 5, 2012 – Upcoming similar camps: mediterraswim.com/” Open Water Camp, Cirali, Turkey, 2012 from Johnny Widén on Vimeo.
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Aegean Sea Swim Crossing – Peloponnese to Crete – Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos
“In October of 2011, Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos swam continuously from the southern edge of Greece’s mainland, the Peloponnese, to the shores of the island of Crete, and covered a distance of 101km. He is the first swimmer in history to have attempted such a feat in the open Aegean Sea, while further, only a handful of…
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Sean Conway almost finished swimming the length of Britain
Read BBC and see seanconway.com Sean Conway, 32, from Cheltenham, left west Cornwall on 30 June bound for the far north of the Scottish mainland. He is attempting to become the first person to swim the route up Britain’s west coast. On Monday, he was close to the tiny island of Handa off Scotland’s north…
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Anne-Marie Ward Interview with Priority Sports
“Anne-Marie Ward, acclaimed Irish open water swimmer talked to Priority Sports about her intensive training and the focus it takes when swimming in 2 degree Alaskan waters. See Anne take the plunge in her local training spot off the coast of County Donegal, North West Ireland.” http://youtu.be/giC7x6bT488
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Retired coach, active swimmer dies during swim leg of triathlon
Read for instance News3 and Las Vegas Review-Journal A veteran principal, educator and coach died Saturday while competing with his family as a team in the 10th annual Pumpkinman Triathlon. Patrick Hayden, 59, was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m. at Boulder City Hospital, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. He was found unresponsive about…
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CC photo #655: Young swimmer ready for the Jóansøkusvimjing 2011
Young swimmer preparing for the open water swim across the firth of Tvøroyri in the Faroe Islands on Jóansøku 2011. No English Channel rules here, we swim in proper wetsuits with hoods and boots and gloves in order to survive the 7°C (45°F) warm ocean.