When Orcas Enter The Swim Zone
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
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Kosatka DV, Swimming With The Orcas
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kosatka means orca or toothed whales in the Russian language. A winter swimming center and club called Kosatka DV in Vladivostok was founded by Oleg Duchuchaev. DV or Dalniy Vostok means Far East that includes East Siberia, Yakutia, and the Pacific Coast. Kosatka DV organizes and trains people for
March Madness In Uruguay
Courtesy of Germán Vaché. Arturo Santos and Ignacio Bussy are both 41-year-old open water swimmers from Argentina. In March 2014, Santos and Bussy completed a 9 km triple crossing between Gorriti Island and Punta del Este in Uruguay. A year later in March 2015, the duo pioneered another 9.5 km crossing from Punta de la Salina to Isla de Lobos in 3 hours
The Perfect Open Water Swimming Venue
The perfect open water swimming venue, if it ever existed, would have the following elements: 1. A beautiful sunset every evening. 2. A gorgeous sunrise every morning. 3. An occasional lightning storm that lights up the sky. 4. Cloudless full moons for night swimming. 5. A wide expanse of silky smooth white sand. 6. Cold water coming in on low tides (so you
Claudia Rose Crosses Kachemak Bay With Orcas And Otters
Back in 2007, Claudia Rose did her first ocean swim in Alaska, the 8.2-mile (13.2 km) Pennock Island Challenge. "This experience piqued my interest in swimming in cold, unfamiliar locales. I began researching other, bigger swims in Alaska." The founder and president of an enterprise architecture and systems engineering firm, the engineer got to figuring
Fish Or Meat? What Do Orcas Prefer?
Similar to humans who prefer fish or meat, orcas can have their own particular food preferences. In the Atlantic Ocean, some researchers have suggested that the separate preferences for fish and meat among orcas also lead to other changes and preferences. Some suggest that the orcas separated into distinct species because of their diet: fish-eaters mate
A Black And White Story On The Open Water
The stage was set for one of the more pleasant swims during the Port Nelson Summer Sea Swim Series in New Zealand back in the summer of 2011. The Port Nelson Summer Sea Swim Series is a summer season long group of community swims held on Thursday nights with a history that goes back 25 years. On that one particular Thursday, it was a warm evening with
Top 10 Things To Fear In The Open Water
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 (Honour 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
It’s All A Croc – Looks Can Be Deceiving In The Open Water
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
The Farallon Islands…A Most Dangerous Adventure
Reporters and the public talk about adventures with high degree of risks: hot-air ballooning across continents, crossing tundra without motorized vehicles, climbing mountains, ultra-marathon runs or mega-triathlons under extremely warm conditions. Open water swimmers talk about the most difficult swims in their sport: North Channel between Scotland and