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
How Low Can They Go? Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. With Bhakti Sharma's recent Antarctica swim generating waves of congratulations across India, where does her 41-minute 1.4-mile swim in 1ºC water rank in the Southern Ocean? 2002: Lynne Cox swam 1.22 miles (1.96 km) in Neko Harbor in Antarctica in 25 minutes in 2ºC at 60º South 2005:
Andrew Chin, Toks Viviers Complete 200K Stage Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 45-year-old Andrew Chin and 52-year-old Toks Viviers ended a 10-day stage swim down the Free State’s polluted Wilge River to complete the first stage of a Rivers for Life campaign to highlight South Africa’s deteriorating waterways. The 2 exhausted extreme
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Renowned extreme swimmers from South Africa, Andrew Chin and Toks Viviers, will swim 200 km along the polluted Wilge River in the Free State to highlight the plight of South Africa’s deteriorating waterways. Chin and Toks Viviers will take on the Wilge River in a 10-day stage swim downstream beginning at
Courtesy of Ryan Stramrood of Cape Town, South Africa who completed a 32-minute ice mile amid scattered ice blocks, large icebergs, orcas, and leopard seals with Ram Barkai, Kieron Palframan, Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin and Gavin Pike in water officially measured at -1ºC (30.2ºF) in Neko Harbour, Antarctica. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Night Jar Travel offers comprehensive guides to South Africa via a magazine and destination guide. It also sponsors a Night Jar Adventurers of the Year award in South Africa. Given the adventurous spirit, the hardened physicality, and tough mindset of the South Africans, eight groups of nominees represent
Where Landmarks Are Pure Snowy White Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Most people call the ice chunks at the bottom of the Earth icebergs. The men of the Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge - Ram Barkai, Andrew Chin, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood, and Gavin Pike - view it a turn buoy during their Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge in
Fearless And Frozen At The Bottom Of The World Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. The incredibly adventurous men of the Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge - Ram Barkai, Andrew Chin, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood, and Gavin Pike - tell their story of their recent Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge on the bottom of the world... "On our
In order to prepare for their upcoming Antarctic swim, South Africans Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin, Ryan Stramrood, Kieron Palframan, Gavin Pike and Ram Barkai are training hard. "We are doing sea swimming in colder temperatures and doing a cold ice baths," explains Barkai. "We are sponsored by a big fish factory and they use salt ice. They can take us down
Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge: The Goal, The Men, The Cause Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. In 1913, the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton ran the recruitment ad shown above. 101 years after this ad, South Africans Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin, Ryan Stramrood, Kieron Palframan, Gavin Pike and Ram Barkai have figuratively signed up. "Some
