this seems like a good place to share rachel golub's blog. she and three others will attempt to swim the straits of magellen in less than two weeks. the blog is very well written and her descriptions of the ocean (way off season) make me want to join them .... maybe next year.... enjoy:
www.rachelgolub.blogspot.com/
www.youtube.com/watch
I will never complain about cold water again after watching this.
That was insane. I get cold at the local YmCA's. I must work on my inner fire!-Julia
I have the pleasure of coaching both Rachel and Cristian. They both have an amazing constitution for swimming in cold water. They both have swam for 25 minutes plus the past few weekends off of Brighton Beach in 40 degree water--which I suspect will be the water temperature off the Tierra del Fuego later this month. And no wetsuits for this crowd.
I can't ever even remember swimming an LCM 50 with no breath. Maybe I did it when I was a kid... with my arms recovering out of the water... not under a block of ice... :bow:
I can't ever even remember swimming an LCM 50 with no breath. .. :bow:
I did it once..............unintentionally.
Cairo, Egypt, December, Air temp about 5C (41F).
Trying to impress some girls at the Club.
I change into my suit and dive in (50m pool). George (Geochuck) knows it.
The water was so cold that my lungs and chest muscles COULD NOT work.
I sprinted for life (pity there was no one timing me; it would have been a PB -if not a new National record-).
Never again. If the toe I now dip in any pool before swimming tells me, "No, no", I obey.
this seems like a good place to share rachel golub's blog. she and three others will attempt to swim the straits of magellen in less than two weeks. the blog is very well written and her descriptions of the ocean (way off season) make me want to join them .... maybe next year.... enjoy:
www.rachelgolub.blogspot.com/
update: in santiago ready to head south.
The water where I swim got down to 76-degrees right before Christmas and we felt like ice cubes. I cannot imagine, even with inner fire, doing what he did.
They did it!
Scott Lautman, Mark Lautman, Cristain Vergara and Rachel Golub successfully swam the Strait of Magellan--here is Rachel's account with link and news story from Chile.
los nadadores que cruzaron....
are at the moment enjoying the afterglow of many bottles of wine and a fantastically roasted lamb in the company of the wonderful extended family and home of Claudia Molkembhur, our brilliant host, who has taken on the production of this swim under the aegis of Chile Deportes...
our swim, assisted by the Armada de Punta Arenas and a wonderful armada of tonino-- Magallanes dolphins-- and penguins, was more than successful. it was positively magical, beginning with calm, then sandwiched between severe storms, ending in a tranquil sea with laughing dolphins accompanying the boats to shore.
Scott finished first in 1 hour, 18 minutes, Mark in 1 hour 38 minutes, Cristian in 1 hour 50 minutes after battling offshore currents, and I ended up last at 1 hour 53 minutes after an encounter with a whirlpool. Cristian and Mark arrived ashore just minutes before.
The water was 40 degrees.
Internet access is scant here but I will write more as soon as possible.
www.rachelgolub.blogspot.com/www.laprensaaustral.cl/.../noticia.asp
