Village Of Enablers Helps Adrian Sarchet Achieve The Oceans Seven Courtesy of Adrian Sarchet, Guernsey . The pace of modern life and the state of perennially over-stimulated apathy in which we all live, leaves scant time for introspection. Yet here we are, sat in New Zealand having completed my Cook Strait swim in 10 hours 45 minutes. Now I am
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The oldest individuals to have successfully crossed the English Channel include renowned members of the Half Century Club: 1. Otto Thaning (South Africa), 73 years, E/F, 12:52 in 2014 2. Cyril Baldock (Australia), 70 years and 9 months, E/F, 12:45 in 2014 3. Roger Allsopp (England), 70 years and 4 months,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We are quite confident that the record books will be completely rewritten over the next 20-30 years in terms of the healthful longevity of open water swimmers. At this time, 73-year-old Dr. Otto Thaning (South Africa), 70-year-old Cyril Baldock (Australia) and 70-year-old Dr. Roger Allsopp (Great Britain)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We find Dr Roger Allsopp to be one of the most fascinating and humble individuals in the global open water swimming community. His energy is palpable; his personality is engaging; his smile is contagious. And his swimming pedigree is without question. In 2011, the retired surgeon and active big-thinker
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Des Renford first swam the English Channel in 1970, he was 43 years old and was referred to in the press as "Maroubra Grandfather Des Renford" because back in the 1970s swimming community, 43 was considered quite advanced in chronological age. But as Renford's articles remained tucked away and became
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This summer, 73-year-old Dr. Otto Thaning of South Africa (12 hours 52 minutes) and 70-year-old Cyril Baldock of Australia (12 hours 45 minutes) completed a crossing of the English Channel. The dynamic duo join 70-year-olds Dr. Roger Allsopp (17 hours 51 minutes in 2011) and George Brunstad (15 hours 59
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Australia, men can expect to live to the age of 79 years while women can expect to live to 84 years. With an extra 5 years of living, many different things can happen. In the case of Irene Keel, one of those things may be a crossing of the English Channel. Keel will attempt to cross the English Channel
Mother Nature and Father Time are two factors that generally do not run concurrent with the athletic performance and physiological nature of humans. That is, both Mother Nature and Father Time take their toll on the human body, performance of land-based athletes generally diminish as the years pass by. But at least some open water swimmers seem to be the
Arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, has turned 50. How time has unceasingly marched on. In the basketball world, that age is far beyond a player's prime. The same is true in most athletic endeavors. The body ages and time catches up with you. As strength, stamina and speed decrease, responsibilities and available time
Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist at the University of Oxford, is famous for Dunbar's number. He believes that people can maintain 150 relationships with other humans, a measurement of the cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships. “When people add more than 150 friends on Facebook, they
