Four Extreme Adventures In Russia With Kosatka DV Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Dingle, Ireland. Oleg Dokuchaev has established an extremely impressive track record of success in the extreme swimming world. Not only did he serve as the organizer of the 86 km Bering Strait Swim from Russia to Alaska, dubbed The Most Dangerous Crossing In The World, but he also
International Swim Across La Perouse Channel To Start Courtesy of Aleksandr Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia - Hokkaido, Japan Speedo diplomacy will be utilized once again by an international team of swimmers. Pioneering swimmers from Russia, Japan, China and South Africa will attempt an unprecedented 42.8 km relay from Sakhalin, Russia to Hokkaido, Japan called the
Courtesy of Ine Town Tourisam Association, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. In preparation for our 42 km swim across Lake Biwa near Kyoto, Japan, we often traveled to the coastline along the Sea of Japan for training. One of the places we traveled to was the Norose Coast where we swam in Ine Bay because it closely replicated the conditions of Lake Biwa. We
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every channel swim - and certainly every channel of the Oceans Seven - is an unpredictable adventure where the dynamics of the oceans are always in flux. A swimmer cannot predict what the currents and winds will be out in the Cook Strait. The window of opportunity is completely unpredictable in the North
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Redmond made the Tsugaru Channel famous with his indomitable channel attempts in 2012, but one of the shortest Oceans Seven channels is also one of the toughest. Its difficulty is largely due to its position between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The channel functions like a water tunnel
Back in 1988-1989 when we were researching the Tsugaru Channel together with the engineers who helped design the Seikan Tunnel that goes underneath the Tsugaru Channel, we were told that the sea level of the Sea of Japan (on the west side of the channel) is higher than the sea level of the Pacific Ocean (on the east side of the channel). How strange, we
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This week during her swing through Asia in a number of public announcements, speeches and diplomatic discussions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the governments of the area to up its diplomacy and downplay its aggressions. With all kinds of simmering debates and conflicts over territories, rock
