The Unprecedented Adventure to Helgoland by André Wiersig
André Wiersig became the first person to swim between the German mainland on Helgoland, an island in the North Sea, a total of 48.53 km in 18 hours 14 minutes.
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Meeting People Along The Shore
Meeting People Along The Shore Courtesy of Lewis Pugh, Arabian Sea. Photos courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. Back in August 1994, Lewis Pugh swam 7 marathon swims to encourage governments to establish Marine Protected Areas. Pugh's campaign was called Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason: * 10 km in the Mediterranean Sea in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 3
A Rich Concept: The Ancient Seven Seas
A Rich Concept: The Ancient Seven Seas Courtesy of David Rich and Lewis Pugh, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. What started as a one-on-one dinner conversation at the WOWSA Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco last year gradually perculated and formulated its way to a new marathon swimming challenge called The Ancient Seven
Swimming In The Seas
Lewis Pugh of the UK describes his Seven Swims in the Seven Seas for 1 Reason: Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, and North Sea highlighting the need to create Marine Protected Areas Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia - who started clean shaven in Sfax, Tunisia - swam 76 hours 30 minutes straight along the coast of Tunisia to Djerba
In How Many Seas Have You Swum?
In How Many Seas Have You Swum? Courtesy of Universe Today, World Ocean, Planet Earth. Open water swimmers are growing in number and in geographic distribution around the world. They are challenging themselves all over the globe. While open water swims in the International Hydrographic Organization-designated oceans (i.e., Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
The Swimming Professor Aces Swimming The Rhine
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1969, Austrian adventurer Klaus Pechstein attempted to swim 1,231 km (765 miles) in an assisted (wetsuit) stage swim along the entire length of the Rhine River from Switzerland to the Netherlands. He made a valiant attempt in an earlier era, but he was forced to abandon his attempt somewhere in
MPA: Marvelously Productive Activity, 7 Swims In 7 Seas
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos are courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. What he started on August 9th, Lewis Pugh finished yesterday. Lewis Pugh completed his seventh and final leg of his Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason yesterday. After swimming 20 km on three consecutive days in rough conditions in the North Sea, he finished
The Sights And Sounds And Swims Of The Seven Seas
The Sights And Sounds And Swims Of The Seven Seas Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo is courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. Lewis Pugh is swimming 7 marathon swims during August to encourage governments to establish Marine Protected Areas. Pugh has completed 6 of his Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason: 10 km in the Mediterranean Sea
Seven Swims In The Seven Seas – 1 Reason, 2 Down
First-person report below is courtesy of Lewis Pugh who is en route to completing Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason during the month of August: 10 km in the Mediterranean Sea in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 3 hours 33 minutes, 10 km in the Adriatic Sea in Zadar, Croatia in 3 hours 55 minutes, 10 km in the Aegean Sea in Athens, Greece, 40 km in the Black
