Carmel Collins Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Carmel Collins of Ireland was honored by Guinness World Records for the Longest Distance Ice Swim by a Female at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California. Collins swam a total distance of 3.3 km or 2.05 miles in 4.63°C water in
Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, International Ice Swimming Association Ireland. It is almost becoming ordinary to achieve the extraordinary in Northern Ireland. Or it just may be that extraordinarily hardened individuals are numerous in Ireland. Whatever the case, what ice swimmers are doing throughout the country is extraordinary. Last week, Jack Boyle of
Courtesy of Vanessa Daws, 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim, Ireland. Vanessa Daws produced a video of the 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim in Lough Dan Scout Centre, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, Ireland. The swim did not quite make it under the 5ºC (41ºF) International Ice Swimming Association maximum
Courtesy of Fergal Somerville at Cork Distance Week, Ireland. The enchanting Sandycove Island, Kinsale, Co. Cork in Ireland calls open water swimmers from around the world to Cork Distance Week, a week of swimming, training and creating lifelong friendships. On Saturday, the first swim of the camp organised by Ned Denison, and International Ice Swimming
