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  • John Caughlin and Mike Mitchell swimming the Maui Channel Swim 2011

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    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 –…

  • Life after 615 – the recovery blog of John Caughlin

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    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…

  • Our top ten stories from 2011

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    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…