Remembering The Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge Courtesy of WOWSA, Patagonia, Chile. The first 5 people to successfully attempt and complete an Ice Mile took off on a South American adventure in February 2011. Over a 6-day period, 53-year-old Ram Barkai, 37-year-old Ryan Stramrood, 36-year-old Kieron Palframan, 47-year-old Toks Viviers, and
For information on Hunter Wright's 1 hour 52 minute swim across the Strait of Magellan in 5.6ºC (42.1ºF) water, read here. Wright dedicated his swim to Lynne Cox and his best friend who passed away in January, Andrew Jones.”br> Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Julieta Nuñez is an extreme open water swimmer and an open water swimming coach who has crossed the Strait of Magellan two times in 2007 and 2009 as well as the Beagle Canal from Chile to Argentina. Coach Nuñez is also a coach with Water World Swim and founded the first official, legally incorporated open water swim club in Chile called FullMar Viña. For
Tiburón, whose real name was Victor Guillermo Contreras, is an open water swimmer from Chile who crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in 1981 in 3 hours 27 minutes at the age of 34 and the English Channel in 1982 in 12 hours 2 minutes. Tiburón (Spanish for shark) is also perhaps best known for his extreme swims across the Strait of Magellan 4.8 km in 1 hour 28
Randy Perkins, also known as Conquistador is an American open water swimmer who crossed of the Strait of Magellan on January 20th this year. The water temperature ranged from 36.5-41ºC (2.2-5ºF) where he faced currents ranging between 11-17 knots while being escorted by Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim to Tierra del Fuego, Chile. This is his story: "It’s
Randy Perkins of Seattle, Washington, also known as the Conquistador with his latest exploit, recently joined a pantheon of extreme swimming greats when he crossed the Strait of Magellan this January. Situated between Chile and Argentina at the tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego, the waterway is the unpredictable gateway between the Pacific and the
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water swimmer's bucket
After his illustrious professional marathon swimming career, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Gustavo Oriozabala from Argentina continued to swim and challenge himself as a solo swimmer. In February 2006, Gustavo became the first person to swim between islands in the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Spanish. He swam 8K
Ram Explains The Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 53-year-old financial entrepreneur and extreme cold-water specialist Ram Barkai together with his hardy group of South Africans - Ryan Stramrood (37), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47) and Andrew Chin (41) - talks about his adventures at the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin became the first swimmers to traverse around Cape Horn at the tip of South America today. Five South Africans from Cape Town faced uncertain and dangerous conditions and were punished by strong currents and rough seas. But with
