Sarah Ferguson Swims Circumnavigation Of Easter Island Courtesy of Plastics Ocean International, Easter Island, Chile. After Cristian Vergara attempted a 61 km circumnavigation swim around Easter Island in November 2016 that ended short of his goal in 26 hours 52 minutes, South African Sarah Ferguson became the next person to attempt a swim around Rapa
Courtesy of Capri Djatiasmoro, Easter Island (Isla de Pascua), Chile. Capri Djatiasmoro reported, "[It was an] extraordinary effort by R. Cristian Vergara [on his attempted 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation around Easter Island], but in the end after 26 hours and 52 minutes in a very salty ocean, the sea won..." You did good kid. We learned so much from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara and his support team are ready for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island on Tuesday, November 29th. Crew member Capri Djatiasmoro reports, "The water temperature is 72°F (22°C) for the expected swim of 24 hours or less. The Internet WiFi communication is
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara is now in Chile, planning to fly to Easter Island on November 18th. Most of his support crew for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island will arrive on the 21st. Easter Island lies 3,512 km (2,182 miles) away from the nearest continental point in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, Cristian Vergara will attempt an unprecedented 38-mile circumnavigation swim around Easter Island. The nearest inhabited land to Easter Island is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 km (1,289 miles) away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race directors David Barra and Rondi Davies, in collaboration New York Open Water, will present the longest swimming race in the world between June 26th through July 3: the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. As Barra is fond of saying, "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing." From
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Viktor Moskvin has swum at unusual places: across the Bering Strait between Russia and the U.S.A., across the Strait of Magellan, and a 3.5 km swim in 1 hour 5 minute in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca in 2007 in 6°C water. His high-altitude swim in Lake Titicaca was done 3,811 meters (12,500 feet) above
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jaimie Monahan will participate in this weekend's U.S. Winter Swimming Association's National Winter Swimming Championship that will be held in New York City. The 36-year-old winter swimming luminary has a much easier time competing in the 2016 National Winter Swimming Championship in Manhattan than the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bárbara Hernández helped Cristian Vergara, MatÃas Ola, Julietta Nunaz Gundlach, and Max Sonna expand the Argentinean winter swimming scene. Starting out in her wetsuit in the open water, Hernández has now ventured out of her neoprene and ventured out in the cold glacial water with only her bioprene in an
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. High up on the slopes in Mount Kenya in water at 6.5°C, South African Madswimmers Jean Craven, Juandre Human, Hardi Wilkins and Megan Harrington-Johnson crossed the highest water body in Africa, Lewis Tarn at 4700 m above sea level. An achievement in itself, their crossing was a training swim for their main
