Ram Explains The Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 53-year-old financial entrepreneur and extreme cold-water specialist Ram Barkai together with his hardy group of South Africans - Ryan Stramrood (37), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47) and Andrew Chin (41) - talks about his adventures at the
From left to right, Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Ryan Stramrood and Kieron Palframan are shown swimming past Cape Horn, the sailor's graveyard, at the southernmost tip of South America. The South African swimmers, including fifth teammate Andrew Chin, gave a first-person account of their unprecedented swim here."...as we approached the Cape early in the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin became the first swimmers to traverse around Cape Horn at the tip of South America today. Five South Africans from Cape Town faced uncertain and dangerous conditions and were punished by strong currents and rough seas. But with
The five intrepid South Africans - Ryan Stramrood (37), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47), Ram Barkai (53) and Andrew Chin (41) - did it again, successfully completing their second of three Patagonia swims. Now on to Cape Horn. The men successfully crossed the icy and remote Beagle Channel from Chile to Argentina at the southernmost towns in the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The five intrepid South Africans - Ryan Stramrood (37), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47), Ram Barkai (53) and Andrew Chin (41) - did it again, successfully completing their second of three Patagonia swims. Now on to Cape Horn. The men successfully crossed the icy and remote Beagle Channel from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Chin (41), Ram Barkai (53), Toks Viviers (47), Kieron Palframan (36) and Ryan Stramrood (37) from South Africa successfully completed the first of their three tough swims in their Patagonia Extreme Cold Swim Challenge. Unbelievably impressive and it has just begun. In the remote Patagonian region
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The South African ice swimmers are completing their final preparations for three extraordinarily challenging extreme swims.Their swim include the world's first attempt at an open water swim around Cape Horn.Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile. They
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Five South African men are in search of new extreme swims. They are headed to do three extremely cold-water swims in a short time frame: the Beagle Channel, the Strait of Magellan and Cape Horn. Ryan Stramrood (37 years), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47), Ram Barkai (53) and Andrew Chin (41), all
South African ice swimmers survive life-threatening water temperatures (4°C) to raise over R10,000 for Karoo school in coldest swim event in Africa, called the Speedo Ice Swim.The Speedo Ice Swim saw six cold-water veterans complete the mile race and 19 others swam 600 meters in the icy dam near bone-chilling Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa.Ram
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Craig Doonan announced that 30 extreme swimmers will enter the one-mile Speedo Ice Swim on July 17th in one of Africa’s coldest regions in a mid-winter adventure in Fraserburg, South Africa. In what is expected to be sub-5°C (41°F) water temperatures, cold-water veteran Ram Barkai will headline the Ice Swim,
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