Star spotting Baltimore-style :-)
“I spotted Michael Phelps at Meadowbrook on Aug. 16, not at a hero’s welcome, but as he worked out and swam. Yes, he is still swimming.”
See Baltimore Sun
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CC photo #234: That feeling
The joy of jumping into an industrial harbor, two young sea swimmers almost ready for their dip into the dark and cold waters of KlaksvÃk, Saturday, extremely salty with a splash of oil, bottom nowhere in sight.
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Georgian girl to swim across the Dardanelles with hands and feet tied
A 17-year-old Georgian girl plans to swim across the Dardanelles with her hands and feet tied on August 30, the ten-year anniversary of Henry Kuprashvili carrying out the feat in 2002, setting a Guinness record. Read dfwatch.net (and thanks Dato!)
Here’s a video from when Henri Kuprashvili swam across in 2002
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Body of missing freediver Rebecca Weiss found
The body of freediver Rebecca Weiss, who went missing in California last weekend while on a dive, has been found. She was discovered floating in the water off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula late Saturday, KNBC-TV reported. She apparently drowned, although the cause of death has not been officially determined. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, according to KTLA-TV. Read more here on NY Daily News
Though family members have cast suspicion about how she died, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives have been careful not to suggest any foul play in connection to the case. Read L.A. Now
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A Beluga With a Fine Taste in Art
“While visiting the Mystic Aquarium (with artist-pal Tony DiTerlizzi and family) I stopped to show a 10 year-old beluga whale, named Juno, my sketchbook.”
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Diana Nyad and team hit by a squall, still soldiering on
Off Nyad’s website:
Angie Sollinger with the Media Ops team reported that just after 8pm EDT “all hell broke loose here.” Out of nowhere, a squall “blew up very quick” and hit the flotilla with winds at one point reaching 14 knots, pushing Diana east. …
At this time, 1:00am EDT, we believe that the worst of the storm has moved past them and it is starting to settle down, though they are still experiencing moderate rainfall. Diana is in good spirits and is feeling strong. There have been no jellyfish sightings. The GPS tracker shows they have resumed their heading north towards Key West at a good pace.
Here is a video from earlier last night
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Swimming Pool
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Colin and Sasha – An underwater Love Story
Both Colin and Sasha grew up swimming, and as you can imagine, they fell in love at the pool. So, it’s only fitting that we tell their love story from underwater! Mix one part South African, one part Olympian, two parts wit, and a splash of water.
Colin and Sasha | An underwater Love Story from Oliver Lee Creative Media on Vimeo.
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A day in Berlenga Island
So that would be the Berlengas in Portugal. Rocky and barren with lots of water, I like it !
A day in Berlenga island from Berta upe TilmantaitÄ— on Vimeo.