Category: Open Water
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Jay Platt crossed the Mississippi, blindfolded, cuffed and shackled
Breaking news on Facebook: “This is Paz. Jay just did it!!!! Will update soon.” Here is an inspiring video from yesterday:
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Jay Platt demonstrating his handcuffed, blindfolded and shackled technique
So it’s already on Friday that Jay Platt will attempt to cross the Mississippi, blindfolded with hands and feets cuffed. Here is a video, and see also the Swim for the Warriors Facebook page, with additional videos and stuff in the lead-up to the swim.
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45-year-old Platt to swim the Mississippi cuffed, shackled and blindfolded
On Friday November 11, former Marine and cancer survivor Jay Platt aka “Mr. Unstoppable” will try to swim across the Mississippi about an hour south of Memphis, Tennessee, blindfolded, hands cuffed behind his back, and feet shackled. A swim about a mile and a half long, in waters predicted to be about 50 degrees Fahrenheit,…
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Penny Palfrey takes on the Cuba to Florida challenge
If I’m not mistaken, we have a race on our hands, with Diana Nyad continuing to chase her ‘Xtreme dream’ to swim from Cuba to Florida, and now also Penny Palfrey planning to swim from Cuba to Florida in June 2012. Palfrey has the world record for the longest solo unassisted ocean swim without a…
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José Mourinho to be Ambassador of the “FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier”
FINA Bureau Member and President of the Portuguese Swimming Federation Paulo Frischknecht was on October 27 in Madrid, Spain to meet José Mourinho, coach of local football club Real Madrid, who will be the Ambassador of the “FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier” in Mourinho’s hometown of Setubal, Portugal. The event that will complete the list…
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Video proof: Evolta did swim the official Ironman route
Exciting stuff in American/Japanese, still think it would have gotten into problems if there was a decent current against it. Was that a whale jumping at the turn buoy? The robots completed the full Ironman challenge 2011 in only 166 hours 57 minutes, with the 2.4-miles (3.86 km) swim taking a little over 5 hours.
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Eric Shanteau’s Swim For Your Life
On October 8 at Lake Lanier Islands resort just outside of Atlanta, Ga., Eric Shanteau held his second Swim For Your Life event, benefiting Lance Armstrong’s cancer charity LIVESTRONG. Participants including Shantau himself, Aaron Peirsol, Katie Hoff, Kathleen Hersey, Mark Gangloff, Amanda Wier and Tyler McGill could choose between a 500 yard, one mile og…