Swimming Cape Horn - Nuala Moore On Her Extreme Adventure Courtesy of Nuala Moore. Nuala Moore of Ireland is hosting a presentation via Zoom on her Journey to Cape Horn on Tuesday at 7:00 pm GMT. The link is here. Cape Horn is an island south of the southern tip of Chile, reaching into the Drake Passage. In April 2018, Moore went south of Cape Horn and
Courtesy of Ben Hooper, Swim The Big Blue, Atlantic Ocean. After 3 days and 8 hours, Ben Hooper has swum a total of 37 miles in 28C. Today, he has swum about 6 miles in 5 hours 29 minutes. Follow Swim The Big Blue here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of Ben Hooper, Swim The Big Blue. Only a very infinitesimal number of open water swimmers hope to do, plan and execute transoceanic swims. Each of these swims takes in extraordinarily large amount of funds, supporters, logistics and operational planning. Most of them require years of planning and fund-raising. As a result, many transoceanic
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper plans to start his Swim The Big Blue across the Atlantic Ocean, starting from Dakar, Sénégal on February 10th. He will come across all kinds of currents, eddies, and possibly even the doldrums during his transoceanic swim. A chart of the possible currents is above. Hooper will be in Africa by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper plans to swim 16-20 miles per day, every day, for 90-120 days without ever touching dryland. It will be an adventure for sure, writes the Telegraph here. "This winter, a former policeman from Cheltenham will wade into warm waters off Africa and strike out for South America. Can Ben Hooper become
New York To London Swim Adventure For Ventre Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Ventre will attempt to become the first person in history to swim from New York to London. In April 2017, he will step off the shore of New York en route to raise a target of £5 million for Oxfam. "Its 3,800 long miles [6,115 km] swimming alongside a
Courtesy of Ben Hooper who will attempt to complete the 1,731-mile (2,786 km) Swim the Big Blue across the Atlantic Ocean from Dakar Harbour in Senegal to Natal in northeast Brazil. The youngster, then aged five, was dragged out and resuscitated on the side of the pool by lifeguards while stunned teachers looked on. Despite having turned blue and not
Film of Ben Hooper's training courtesy of Jaume Vallori, an expedition member of the Swim The Big Blue across the Atlantic Ocean.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Stanley, one of the most innovative and creative filmmakers in the world today, will bring another swimmer's exploits to the larger community. Stanley is the founder Ridgeline Entertainment and is known for the popular program Deadliest Catch and a variety of other American television concepts and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe open water swimmers around the world, certain nationalities always impress us. The South Africans are freakily tough. The Irish are notoriously hard-core. The Australians are mind-boggling adventurous. There are also certain areas where the tough are an especially hardened group:
