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The amoeba that affected this girl is actually pretty rare, but has fast-acting and severe consequences. However, there is also a more common bacteria called “Psuedomonas bacteria†that also lives in water and can destroy your sight in 24-36 hours. Thinking “it’s so rare, it’s likely never going to happen to me†could very well land you in hospital and possibly leave you blind!
French swimmer Philippe Croizon, who lost his limbs in an electrical accident aged 26, has successfully swum the freezing waters separating Alaska and Russia with the aid of paddle-like prosthetics. Saying this was the hardest swim he has ever done. Read for instance Rant Sports
I guess if they heard him mention them as a ‘banana hammock’, they would keel over. See chron
Nice video from when Alexey Molchanov set a new World Record in freediving 125 meters ‘constant weight’, back in June, 2012.
Me and my kids at that “Seaman’s Day” in KlaksvÃk, last Saturday. If anything says “Citius, Altius, Fortius“, it is the stacking of boxes with yourself on them. And the product placed sponsor is obvious ! :-P
Swim Team Edit from WitzEducation on Vimeo.
Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad’s fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida ended Tuesday morning after severe jellyfish stings and a lightning storm put her off course, her team said. She had been in the water for 60 hours and was about halfway through her swim from Cuba to Florida. Nyad was stung by jellyfish overnight, and a major lightning storm put anyone in the water in extreme danger, said Mark Sollinger, Nyad’s operations chief. He said the 62-year-old exhausted swimmer was pulled out as the dangers mounted. “With all the threats continuing, Diana decided that it was not a risk that we wanted to take,” Sollinger said. Read more here on CNN
I guess swimming was cancelled that day, via Buzzfeed
Shark feeding frenzy in Ocean County, NJ, shot August 16, 2012 . These sharks were aggressively feeding on menhaden (moss bunker). The frenzy came within 50 yards of the shoreline. The sharks were probably (according to marine scientists), brown sharks, juvenile blacktip and sandbar tiger sharks.
