As you probably remember, John Caughlin lost most of his right arm and thumb and index finger on his left hand, after being hit by a boat (without propeller guard) during the Maui Channel swim on September 3rd 2011. Life after 615 is a blog about this new challenge of his, named so because they actually had finished the race in 6 hours and 15 minutes, when the boat ran him over. Via HalfMoonBayPatch, family and friends have set up this PayPal donation website so well-wishers can donate to his medical expenses.
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Our top ten stories from 2011
2011 has been a fun year here on Swimmer’s Daily, with increasing visit numbers since the sort-of-relaunch in March. Site focus is as the motto says ‘a fast fix blog about swimming’, that hopefully can provide readers with short bursts of fun and/or interesting swim-related content, as a break for instance between tedious training. Preferably visual. I don’t want to bore you with long rants or heavy statistics, so here are the most popular posts of 2011 …- Larsen Jensen is a Navy Seal now (828)
- Girl on surfboard has close encounter with a feeding whale (736)
- Handicapped Swede wins Alcatraz Classic in record time (599)
- Monaco royal wedding guest list revealed (583)
- Female scientist strips naked to swim with belugas (576)
- NZ teen swimmer ‘divorces’ parents for Rhi Jeffrey (511)
- How to spot symptoms of dry and delayed drowning (465)
- FINA committee member Flavio Bomio arrested for child molestation (449)
- 50 of the best swimming blogs (435)
- Update on Maui Channel swimmer John Caughlin’s situation (391)
The numbers in parenthesis are the pageviews according to Google Analytics.
Image of Larsen Jensen with Michael Phelps, George W. Bush et al courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Sportingwales photoshoot with Ieuan Lloyd
Photographer Steve Pope proving you can produce good photographs the old fashioned way with a bit of lighting, a bucket of water and no photoshop. A story was by the way on WalesOnline December 30th, on how Ieuan Lloyd is looking to emulate the achievements of Cardiff clubmate David Davies by becoming a teenage Olympian.
Sportingwales photoshoot with Ieuan Lloyd from Steve Pope on Vimeo.
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CC photo #5: A team GB supporter at Roma 2009
A team GB supporter with inflatable clapper sticks on the athlete’s stand at the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Anyone recognize her?
Update: Tom Willdridge of Speed Endurance Swimming Blog did: Caitlin McClatchey
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Pál Joensen has his own website now
Danish coach René Thomsen has been busy this holiday, building a website for Faroese long-distance swimmer Pál Joensen on www.paljoensen.com, with accompanying YouTube-channel, Flickr- and Twitter-account. They promise news, photos and videos on the site, including pretty soon ‘an exclusive insight into Pál’s dryland training’. Looking forward to it!
Via SwimNews.dk
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Jessica Vilchis: Road to London 2012 featuring Lochte and Franklin
A bit old, from when U.S. Nationals were in California last August, but a nice recap of when Ryan Lochte set the first long course record in 19 months, at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. Rebecca Soni and Melissa “Missy” Franklin also mentioned.
Jessica Vilchis: Road to London 2012 Ep. 2 from JessicaVilchis.Com on Vimeo.
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Fishing under ice
What is happening here ?
Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo.
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Pentagon developing impulse gun to make swimmers puke mid-stroke
According to Wired, publicIntelligence.org leaked a U.S. Department of Defence “Non-Lethal Weapons Reference Book†online last week, that amongst other thinks mentions an “Impulse Swimmer Gun” that uses “pulsed sound waves” to cause “auditory impairment and/or nausea” among scuba divers engaged in “unauthorized underwater activities”. As if sharks and sea swells wasn’t enough. Read Wired.
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New Years swimming to support domestic violence victims
In Maine, roughly half of the homicides over the past ten years have been caused by domestic violence. On New Year’s day, hundreds of people took a ‘Polar Bear’ plunge in the Atlantic ocean at Gooches Beach in Kennebunk to support those victims by raising money for Caring Unlimited. Read wcsh6.com and see video:
