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Father and son die in cave diving accident while trying out Christmas presents

Dec 28, 2013

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rokur

in Safety

Read HNGN

A woman’s worst fears came true on Christmas Day when her fiancée and his teenage son did not return from a dive in a notoriously dangerous area of underwater caves, ABC News reported.

The bodies of Darrin Spivey, 35, and his son, Dillon Sanchez, 15, were found in an underwater cave in an area known as Eagle Nest Sink in northwestern Hernando County in Florida on Wednesday night.

Despite Spivey being a certified diver, he wasn’t certified to cave dive. His son was not certified to dive at all, friends told the Sheriff’s office. The two decided to make the trip after Sanchez received some new diving equipment for Christmas and wanted to test it out at Eagle Nest Sink.

Deadly Cave Diving Accident
Ice Swimmers: Group of Hardened Germans Take Traditional Christmas Dip in Lake

Dec 28, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

Some 20 Germans known as the Berlin Seals take their traditional Christmas dip in one of the city’s many lakes as temperatures of around 10 degrees Celsius seem almost tropical compared to previous years.

http://youtu.be/YptPFYFPhQY
Paxos 2013 Boxing Day Swim

Dec 28, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

A charity swim on the Ionian Island of Paxos

Boxing Day Swim 2013
2013 Christmas Swims

Dec 28, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water
Right, there will be plenty of these, I’m sure, so let’s just create a list. Additions are welcome, you can for instance post it as a comment here below, or send us a message.
Image courtesy of Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0
Christmas Day Swim 2013 – Shetland Islands

Dec 28, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

“In the 70mph winds, on a cold Christmas Day in Shetland, we hopped into the North Sea for our annual swim.”

Christmas Day Swim 2013 – Shetland Islands
Alcohol a Factor in Christmas Day Swimming Tragedy

Dec 27, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water, Safety

See Pacific News Center

The 2 men that died in the Christmas Day swiming tragedy had been drinking before they went in the water off the Jonestown cliff-line.

The body of 37 year old Katwin Dois was pulled from the water by divers Wednesday afternoon. Guam Police Spokesman Officer A.J. Balajadia reports he was officially pronounced dead at GMH at 6:30pm.

40 year old Edward Sotam was still alive when he was pulled from the water, he was taken first to GMH, CPR en-route, then he was later rushed to Naval Hospital where, Balajadia reports, he was pronounced dead at 5:22pm.

Officer Balajadia says that Dois and Sotam were at the Jonestown Overlook in Tamuning with 2 relatives when they “started drinking beer and vodka”.
Girl loses part of finger and 60 injured in Parana river piranha attack

Dec 27, 2013

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water, Safety

See for instance MailOnline

More than 60 swimmers have been injured in a mass piranha attack.

The victims, including more than 20 children, were bitten by the shoal of meat-eating fish in Argentina.

A seven-year-old girl lost part of a finger and other swimmers suffered deep cuts to their ankles, fingers and hands.

Image courtesy of Marcelo Jorge Vieira, CC BY 2.0
Sun Yang resumes training

Dec 27, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Training

Read ChinaDaily

Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang arrived at a natatorium in Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan in southwest China, on Thursday afternoon to resume altitude training on the plateau.

Sun arrived at Kunming Tianyi sports center with members of the Zhejiang provincial swimming team at around 4 p.m. and began training.

Sun has been suspended from the national team following a recent detention for driving without a license.

Sun has not returned to training for the national team and there has been no timetable set for his return, according to the Zhejiang provincial swimming team.
In Australia, Sharks Use Twitter To Warn Swimmers

Dec 27, 2013

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water, Safety, Technology

Read key103

Sharks in Western Australia swimming close to popular beaches are using Twitter to send warning messages to surfers and swimmers.

The unique project means beach goers can make an informed decision about whether to go in the water knowing a shark is nearby.

Scientists have attached transmitters to more than 320 sharks, including great whites, which monitor their movements up and down the coast.

When a tagged shark swims within about a kilometre of a beach, it triggers an alert which is picked up by computer. That computer then instantly turns the shark’s signal into a short message on Surf Life Saving Western Australia’s (SLSWA) Twitter feed.

Fisheries advise: tagged Tiger shark detected at Mullaloo South receiver at 03:13:00 AM on 28-Dec-2013

— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) December 27, 2013

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)