Martin Strel - Swim Around the World?

RE: Martin Strel - Swim Around the World?

ForceDJ — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:54:12 GMT

3.5 MPH should be a walk in the park. The Amazon River flows at 4 to 5 mph. Just floating in it for 10 hours would get you that far. Dan

RE: Martin Strel - Swim Around the World?

smontanaro — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:37:09 GMT

If he's swimming mostly on rivers with the current, then I agree 3.5mph should be easily doable. The one article I glanced at said that he lost most of his skin on the Amazon, got bitten by piranha, and had parasites and other no-fun critters by the end.

RE: Martin Strel - Swim Around the World?

Rob Copeland — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:21:18 GMT

3.5 MPH should be a walk in the park. Strel averaged 50 miles a day — about 10 hours of swimming — on his journey down the Amazon.

RE: Martin Strel - Swim Around the World?

ForceDJ — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:45:46 GMT

Mr. Strel, a 61-year-old Slovene, plans to swim about 25,000 miles, passing through 107 countries, in about 450 days. That means he would finish around July 2017. That's 55.5 miles per day (24 hour period). Maybe his muscles don't fatigue, but he still has to sleep...say 6 hours. And another 1-2 hour per 24 hour period (broken up) for eating, and various sundry other things (like taking a poop) . So he's swimming 55 miles in 16 hours. That's almost 3.5 miles per hour. Dan