Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennifer Figge recently returned from her unprecedented Bermuda Triangle Swim where she swam and sailed far away from the safety of a coastline. How did it look from her escort boat? See the photos above. Her swim logs offered the following clues on where and how she traversed in the Bermuda
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, stage swimmers British Ben Hooper and American Jennifer Figge are readying for their transoceanic swims to start soon. As Hooper's escort boat [see top photo] pulled into Dakar for the Swim The Big Blue, a transatlantic swim from Senegal to Brazil, Figge and her
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, stage swimmers British Ben Hooper and American Jennifer Figge are waiting anxiously for their transoceanic swims to start. Weather is causing delays on both sides of the Atlantic. Figge and her escort captain Tamas Hamor decided to take shelter Cape Canaveral on the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many ships and aircrafts have been mysteriously and supposedly disappeared under unknown circumstances in the Bermuda Triangle or the Devil's Triangle in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. While numerous television programs, books and online sites talk about this unresolved mystery, reputable
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers have an interesting and personal number of habits, idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, tricks and superstitions before heading offshore to do a channel swim, ice swim, marathon swim or open water swimming race. Some of them eat something special or drink something unique or do something
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
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Captain Abdullah Al Hasni observing and escorting, Jennifer Figge completed a day swim from Fahal Island (shark island) in Muscat, Oman. Fahal Island is a small island about two miles due north of Qurum in Oman. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Explorers Club was founded in New York City in 1904 to promote the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space. The Club supports research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences [see map of expeditions above]. Over the years, the Club’s members have included people who
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennifer Figge was injured from a terrible skiing accident and she needed to rehabilitate both physically and mentally. Like many, she did physical therapy including all kinds of AlterG sessions. But unlike anyone else, she decided to go for a stage swim...from Cuba to Mexico. She left Cabo Cruz on the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A stage swim is a type of solo open water swimming attempt, relay or race conducted over two or more consecutive days where the distance of the individual stages can vary on each day and the starting point of the subsequent stages begins at or near the same point as the finish of the previous day's swim.
