Ger Kennedy organized the Antarctica 2020 International Swim and had to delay the Zero Ice Miles of Cath Pendleton and Paul Georgescu because a pod of orcas got close
Big, Bad, Dangerous - Creatures In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last few years, many juvenile Great White Sharks have populated the shallow waters in Huntington Beach, creating a stir among surfers, SUP paddleboards and wind surfers who flock to the Southern Californian beach. During his completion of the 5
When SEALs Stand Up To Sharks Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association occasionally encourages qualified marathon swimmers to think about swimming from San Clemente Island to the California mainland, a 52-mile rough water swim that was pioneered in 2012 by Tina Neill who took 28 hours
Fearless And Frozen At The Bottom Of The World Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. The incredibly adventurous men of the Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge - Ram Barkai, Andrew Chin, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood, and Gavin Pike - tell their story of their recent Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge on the bottom of the world... "On our
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During his completion of the 5 Oceans (a marathon swim in the Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans), recent International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee (Honor Swimmer) Lewis Pugh had to study and carefully prepare for various creatures that could be of potential harm to him and his crew. Below are 10 of the most potentially
Open water swimmers dislike all kinds of jellyfish and they rightly fear sharks and sea snakes, and some even whales if they get too close. And in others areas in the open water swimming world, open water swimmers have to be aware of orcas, leopard seals and crocodiles. When an open water swimmer looks closely at a crocodile's cranium, they see thick
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Dangerous Creatures For Open Water Swimmers Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During his completion of the 5 Oceans (a solo marathon swim in each of five oceans of the world: Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, Indian and Pacific), Lewis Pugh had to study and prepare for creatures that could be of potential harm. He came up with these Big 7 in
