Calm On The Surface, Cold And Pain Below
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
“Finally after 10 hours 58 minutes, I had returned to conquer the beast that I had obsessed over for three years…my life changed forever this day…,” recalls Edward Williams this August. Williams was pulled out after 18 miles between Scotland and Northern Ireland on his first attempt at the North Channel in 2014 due to venom overload.
Williams’ journey to the Oceans Seven continues.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association 
“Finally after 10 hours 58 minutes, I had returned to conquer the beast that I had obsessed over for three years…my life changed forever this day…,” recalls Edward Williams this August. Williams was pulled out after 18 miles between Scotland and Northern Ireland on his first attempt at the North Channel in 2014 due to venom overload.
Williams’ journey to the Oceans Seven continues.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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