Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Ben Lecomte is busy preparing to swim across the Pacific Ocean, Ben Hooper is preparing for his own solo swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Transoceanic solo swims are tough mentally and physically, but the logistics and operational budget are overwhelming. Both Ben's have spent years planning and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1993 in Okinawa under the supervision of Professor Ishikawa, we tried to monitor our caloric intake and heart rate throughout a 38 km ocean swim between the islands of Ishigaki, Iriomote, and Taketomi. With a halter holding a wireless monitor taped to our chest, the device was able to track our
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Benoît Lecomte walks into the Pacific Ocean to begin his 5,500-mile (8,851 km) transoceanic swim, he is going to have a medical, scientific and research team like no other in the history of the sport of open water swimming. It will be an unprecedented team of scientific luminaries. Similar to Lynne
Photo of the Rad Band photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Triathletes and open water swimmers often wear transponders and all types of timing devices on their wrists and ankles during competitions. But no athlete in open water swimming history will wear an ankle device for as long as adventurer Benoît Lecomte will. The transoceanic
The Longest Swim To Tackle Every Kilometer Of The Pacific Close-up photo courtesy of Bongani Mlambo and Rad Band photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [see explanation below in video]. Benoît Lecomte surprised the open water swimming world when he announced that his escort boat will bring him back every morning at the exact GPS location
Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. November 1st 2015 is going to be a totally unique and special day for open water swimming on the world's stage. Over in Tokyo, Japan, Ben Lecomte will start The Longest Swim across the Pacific Ocean while over in Dakar, Sénégal, Ben Hooper will start his
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rolano is the escort boat to be used by Benoît Lecomte on his 180-day 8,000 km stage swim across the Pacific Ocean. Lecomte and his support crew (including Strategist Malena Gamboa, Coordinator Tyler Bel, Campaigner Scott Smith, and Skipper Richard) will be onboard the Rolano for an estimated 180 days
Courtesy of Benoît Lecomte for The Longest Swim from Tokyo to San Francisco. Dr Benjamin Levine, Director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, says, "We are very interested in really studying the outer edges of human performance. Ben's swim across the Pacific [Ocean] certainly counts as that." For more information, visit The Longest
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "I have been working on this project, The Longest Swim, for few years and it has been a challenge to find the right partners and support, but I am not giving up," explains Benoît Lecomte who has been planning a stage swim of 5,500 miles (8,851 km) across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco,
Whether it is passing under the finish archway in a mass participation swim like the Great North Swim, or a slow crawl up on the rocks after a channel swim in Catalina, how swimmers feel when they step up on the shore can widely vary. At that moment of completion, some athletes free elation, others relief, and others satisfaction and pride. Others fall in
