Category: Wow
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Anders Hofman Laursen completes first-ever Antarctica Ironman
The ‘Iceman’ is the same distance as an Ironman – 3.8K in -2ºC (28.4ºF) water and then 180 km of swimming and a 42.2K marathon on the icy steppes of Antarctica. Unofficial time 40:45:33 according to DR (in Danish), not including a 27-hour snow blizzard bringing the total time up to 72:54:09. Impressive. Anders has…
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Synchronised Swimming Duet Liechtenstein | Promotion Video
Marluce and Lara are a synchronised swimming duet from Liechtenstein. They are currently training to hopefully partake in the Olympics 2020 in Tokyo. As the training is quite expensive, they started a campaign on the site «i believe in you» to realize their dream.
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Swimming With Orcas & Penguins
Wildlife cameraman has an up close and personal encounter with filming Orcas hunting penguins.
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SofÃa rocks the Cenotes
Cenotes are a unique and delicate eco-system and deserve a respectful touch. We shot this video on breath hold with minimal equipment in several cenotes over several days and for each different one, we asked permission of the owner and whether we could touch the environment or not. In some cases, it was clear it…
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Florida Man Runs to Bermuda in a Giant Bubble
In 2016 a Florida man attempted to run from Boca Raton, FL to Bermuda in a home-made, inflatable plastic bubble. Reza Baluchi had been warned by the Coast Guard that any efforts to attempt his journey would be futile and result in severe legal and financial retribution. However, Reza’s convictions and ambition left him undeterred…
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Iceland: Swimming in the ‘world’s clearest waters’ – BBC Travel Show
Cat Moh goes for a dip in the icy waters of Silfra – the only place in the world where you can dive or snorkel in a crack between two tectonic plates.
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Diving Antarctica
“Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It’s like going to the moon.” – John Krakauer
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‘Over 10,000’ devil rays filmed swimming in formation in amazing video
Incredible images show a fever of thousands of Mobula rays — also called devil rays — swimming in near-perfect formation just off the Mexican shore. The images were taken by ocean photographer Nadia Aly, SWNS reports. Aly, 35, had been swimming for four hours near the group in Baja California, Mexico, when she snapped the…