After 15 years of writing letters, making phone calls and training, Ohio baker Walter Poenisch finally received a visa and permission to swim from Havana, Cuba to the Florida Keys. There to send him off on his harrowing journey was Fidel Castro who left a memento on board Walter’s guide boat that provides a mystery for the well known travel channel television show.
https://youtu.be/eGDBuKwTj9s
Vern Glenn talks with a rock star of open-water swimming: Cameron Bellamy. (12-14-18)
It’s not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health… and incredibly hard to study.
https://youtu.be/6HBtl4sHTqU
Waterford’s Ella Dyjak is The Day’s All-Area Swimmer of the Year.
The Breakfast team went on the hunt for the best places the country has to offer.
Over 37 participants swam from Kurumba Maldives resort to capital Male on Saturday — covering 5.2 kilometres — as part of an island-to-island long distance swimming event hosted by Swim Maldives. Follow the coverage from our sister publication The Edition: https://edition.mv/sports/8294
In 1926, Olympic gold medalist Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel – and when she did she became, for a brief time, the most famous woman int he world. She is remembered to day a s a pioneer in the gender equity movement.
Solo Swimmer Martin is preparing himself mentally, physically and emotionally, to take on a never done before swim from North to South on Lake Malawi, for the challenge, adventure and in aid of Smile Foundation.
