Record for longest swim

A real OFF THE CHART SWIM! OFF THE CHART GREAT SWIM UNDER DANGEROUS CONDITIONS! The English Channel Society posts their records and a few years ago I read that one person swam over, then back, and then back over, crossing the Channel in ALL three swims at the same time without stopping (triple crossing) WITHOUT A WET SUIT! That is most likely my most admired swim.....Swimming from England to France, then back to England, then back to France in that cold water without a wet suit is impossible for me to get my head around....Take about Superman! Some of the greatest off shore swimmers in the world have fallen short of one crossing, let alone a triple crossing. That does sound pretty incredible Stillhere....I also think all of you OW swimming fanatics like Donna, Julie, Leanord and Swimmy for example are also pretty incredible! I did one open water swim a couple of years ago and it was just 1 mile ...and I was exhausted afterwards....there are so many intangibles in OW swimmer that simply don't exist in pool swimming....very cold water temparatures, strong currents, various wildlife (like Stinging Jellyfish and Sea Lice and what not, trying to see where you are going....fighting the hords of swimmers at the start....and the list goes on ans on....etc... I think it would be great to one day swim the English channel! The Alcatraz swim that a friend of mine did last year also sounds pretty cool and its just a mile and a half (more on my level)....but its cold and the current is very strong I hear! Newmastersswimmer

A real OFF THE CHART SWIM! OFF THE CHART GREAT SWIM UNDER DANGEROUS CONDITIONS! The English Channel Society posts their records and a few years ago I read that one person swam over, then back, and then back over, crossing the Channel in ALL three swims at the same time without stopping (triple crossing) WITHOUT A WET SUIT! That is most likely my most admired swim.....Swimming from England to France, then back to England, then back to France in that cold water without a wet suit is impossible for me to get my head around....Take about Superman! Some of the greatest off shore swimmers in the world have fallen short of one crossing, let alone a triple crossing. That does sound pretty incredible Stillhere....I also think all of you OW swimming fanatics like Donna, Julie, Leanord and Swimmy for example are also pretty incredible! I did one open water swim a couple of years ago and it was just 1 mile ...and I was exhausted afterwards....there are so many intangibles in OW swimmer that simply don't exist in pool swimming....very cold water temparatures, strong currents, various wildlife (like Stinging Jellyfish and Sea Lice and what not, trying to see where you are going....fighting the hords of swimmers at the start....and the list goes on ans on....etc... I think it would be great to one day swim the English channel! The Alcatraz swim that a friend of mine did last year also sounds pretty cool and its just a mile and a half (more on my level)....but its cold and the current is very strong I hear! Newmastersswimmer