Category: Open Water
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John Caughlin and Mike Mitchell swimming the Maui Channel Swim 2011
OK, this is nice but also a bit spooky: A video from when John Caughlin and Mike Mitchell swam the Maui Channel in September 2011, up until (but thankfully not including) the accident when Caughlin got hit by a boat propeller. Follow Caughlin on his recovery blog “Life after 615“. Maui Channel Swim 2011 –…
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The Big Swim Pilot
Dominique and Pauline Pratt presenting what seems to be a potential great documentary about open water swimming, I guess about the two teams preparing to cross the English Channel, one as the fastest team ever and the other as the oldest. Comments from team members also. It’s only a working title, and a rough cut…
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Life after 615 – the recovery blog of John Caughlin
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…
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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:
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World swim cap wearing record set at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge
You might not have know about it, but the Guinness world record for the largest gathering of people wearing swim caps was 546 people, set in Japan in July 2011. Now it is American, with 2045 people absolutely demolishing the record at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge in Georgia, USA. Via The Graveyard shift
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Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2012
People going crazy on Polar Bear Swim 2012 at English Bay, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. Air temperature: 5ºC / 41ºF. Water temperature: 7.7ºC / 46ºF. Polar Bear Swim 2012 from Beto Galetto on Vimeo.
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The Burien 2012 Polar Bear Plunge from a swimmer’s POV
Three Tree Point, Burien, Washington. January 1st, 2012. Air temperature: 53°F (11.7°C). Water temperature: Colder :-) Via b-townblog.com
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Adversial Tides – an open water swimming movie
Adversarial Tides is a gripping tale that pits four solo channel swimmers against the violent mood swings of the Pacific Ocean. Marine life, ocean swells and the dark cold of night swimming present challenges and pitfalls for the swimmers, crew and pilots. Adversarial Tides: Feature documentary from Chase B Kenney on Vimeo. Read more on…