Mike Oram Talks About English Channel Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. 73-year-old Mike Oram, the world's most experienced channel escort pilot, is a fountain of expertise and experience of all kinds of English Channel crossings including solo swimmers, rowers, adventure, extreme and wetsuit athletes, and London to Paris
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Oram (English Channel), Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa (Strait of Gibraltar), Quinten Nelson (North Channel), Greg Elliott (Catalina Channel), Captain Mizushima (Tsugaru Channel), Bob Andrieux (Santa Barbara Channel), and Charlie Gravett (Jersey) are well-known mariners of the world's most challenging open
In the process of pondering her Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming achievement, Western Australia's Barbara Pellick reviewed her three swims - in the English Channel, in the Catalina Channel, and around Manhattan Island - in the context of how technology has changed from the time I started swimming marathons back in 1992. "During my English Channel swim
There are some things that are attainable in the open water. Work hard enough, sacrifice enough, stay focused long enough, and it can generally get done. But then there are other swims that are simply Barraesque. Swim like 1000 meters @ 0ºC or three-way channel crossings are examples of these feats attainable by only those most talented and committed.
Do you carefully listen to pre-race instructions and understand the race course and all the possible conditions you may face in an open water race? In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional book "A Scandal in Bohemia", the famous detective Sherlock Holmes discusses the difference between seeing and observing with his friend and assistant Dr. Watson "You see,
Endurance athletes in every sport are a breed apart. They are often more cerebral than celebrated, more introverted than extroverted, more inspirational than arrogant. They know what they want and they set an agenda to achieve their goals in a methodical manner. Those in the aquatic world are especially driven with their head in the water, swimming hour
