Courtesy of Ned Denison, Kinsale Distance Swimmers, Ireland. Serving as the cultural guardian of marathon swimming in the area, social gatherings among the Kinsale Distance Swimmers are held occasionally. "These range from hosting individual visitors like Kevin Murphy, the King of the English Channel with 34 crossings, to a hosted dinner for fifty to
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jacques Tuset took up the challenge laid down by Ned Denison and has now completed 5 Prison Island Swims. Some of the harshest incarceration of criminals in previous centuries was conducted on islands. Imprisonment to isolated islands was considered an effective way to remove incorrigibles from society.
At the reception at the Cork City Hall, pioneers and adventurers were as omnipresent as the glasses in the hand. Stephen Redmond (left), the Oceans Seven pioneer, and Steven Black of Sandycove Island fame, were two of the luminaries chatting and remembering the old days and new memories. Black recalls the days when he was pioneering Sandycove Island.
Ned Denison came up with an interesting new concept for the open water swimming world: a series of swims from former isolated prison islands where convicts have given way to open water swimmers. Ned compiled a list of the swimmers who have currently completed the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims (or Triple Break for completing the Robben Island +
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison has not only Swum His Age, but he is also on his way to complete a unique Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. While the traditional Triple Crown consists of the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Denison is on a path of prison escape. Denison is headed down to
