A strange sight in Toftir harbor, yesterday evening, three young men who’d put on wetsuits and lowered a fishing crate into the harbor, to see if they could get up into it all three at once. Quite difficult, by the looks of it, as it was very prone to keeling over. Moments later, all three and the crate were safe on the quay again.
Warning to all wedding photographers, a newly married Montreal-area women drowned this past Friday during a ‘trash the dress’ photo shoot in the Ouareau River. The 30-year-old woman stepped into water that was neither deep nor fast-flowing. However, her wedding dress soaked up the river water, making it extremely heavy. She then slipped on the rocks and was carried away by the river, a volunteer scuba diver later locating her body at the bottom of a stagnant pool of water about 100 feet away where the shoot was taking place. The photographer and a passerby even tried to help her, but weren’t able to lift her out of the water, simply because her dress was so heavy. Read The Montreal Gazette via PetaPixel
Grant and Amanda Engler were married Thursday in Newport Beach. Their wedding, which was organized by ZOZI, an “adventure travel” start-up, is believed to be the world’s first jet pack wedding. See Buzzfeed, but warning, bride in a seriously short miniskirt (/ maybe none at all)
According to SN.dk and the official result list, HRH Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, yesterday participated in 2012 Round Christiansborg in the canals of Copenhagen, and completed the 2000 meter swim in 35.20 and 65th spot, flanked by famed Olympian Mette Jacobsen who finished in 35.21 and 68th. Not many swimmers noticed Her Royal Highness, hidden behind her cap and goggles, according to SN there was more focus on Jacobsen, seen in the photo below off Facebook. Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Frederik competed in the Dragon Class sailboat Nordic Championships in Sweden, winning a heat and all. HRH Mary is of Tasmanian origin, a former swimmer and now protector of the Danish Swimming Federation.
Jimmy asks Ryan about his start in swimming and celebrating with Prince Harry in Las Vegas.
He protested this morning that he couldn’t join our local swimming club, since he didn’t know how to swim. ‘I only know how to jump and dive and make somersaults’. I guess we forced him to the registration / free swim today, and I guess it went okay ;-)
Complete with a fished-filled trophy and all, see NBC Sports
Wow, the internets have found this video from a 2008 appearance on a Maryland late night comedy talk show called Closing Time, and they are not happy. See for instance Jezebel, Buzzfeed, NewNowNext and ology
Trying to count laps here, but it is difficult, via Arbroath
