On August 10th, Dave Cornthwaite will undertake the hardest segment of his Expedition1000 project: a 1000-mile swim down the lower Missouri River running through the middle of America. "It will be the toughest expedition I have ever taken on," predicts the British adventurer, author and motivational speaker who will do 25 expeditions of at least 1,000 miles
Mohammad Kobadi is a 34-year-old open water swimmer and swimming and diving coach attempting an unprecedented marathon swim in the Persian Gulf. Next week, Kobadi will attempt a 1000K stage swim in the Persian Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz to Arvand Kenar along the coast of southeastern Iran. His stage swim is scheduled to take 100 days and is officially
Murray Cox To Swim Sydney In 53 Stages Courtesy of WOWSA, Sydney, Australia. Murray Cox started Swim Sydney, a 53-stage circumnavigation swim. His first leg was 1.8 km from North Head to Lady Jane Beach, round to Camp Cove and into Watsons Bay. "I rented the National Parks cottage at Steele Point, on the west end of Neilsen Park for a couple of nights
Jennifer Figge, who caused quite a stir during her stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 is now stage swimming approximately 3,000 miles from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to Hawaii. The 58-year-old adventurer has the financial resources to follow her dreams. She loves what she is doing and she certainly knows how to design a wetsuit that does not look
