Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Milnerton Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim could be a 10 x 10 swim. The 10.5 km marathon swim in Cape Town, South Africa can expect water temperatures between 9°C and 15°C. Depending on the conditions, a thick mist and 2 to 4 meter ocean swells could also greet the bioprene and neoprene swimmers. The swim
Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers' The Big Swim on Mt Tres Cruces in Argentina. Madswimmers completed their high-altitude charity swim at 5909m (19,386 feet) in a frozen lake on Mt Tres Cruces, a volcano in the Andes Mountains along the Argentina-Chile border in South America. Yesterday, five Madswimmers did the highest swim in history
Dr. Sean Gottschalk, the Race Medical Officer of the Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim, gathered data on the 10.5 km swimmers before and after the swim in 13°C water in order to help assess cases of hypothermia. "The intention is to grow this database in order to increase safety and knowledge in the sport of open water swimming." Dr. Gottschalk also gathers the
