Martin Strel, the guy who swam the Amazon, also swam the Mississippi. Stage swim specialists, including Martin, typically go with the currents in their long-distance swims.
Thank you very much for the suggestion of swimming the Grand Canal - good one.
How about the length of the Mississippi?:applaud:
Upstream! Not like that guy that swam the Amazon downstream...I'll crew for you, Lump.
Or, the Grand Canal in Venice mb?
I have no idea the distances or the connectivity or the depth or the cleanliness, but, driving around Arizona with our wonderful canals sucking water down from the north country, I often say to my open-water-loving eldest daughter, "Wouldn't it be cool to have a race in the Arizona Canal?" It'd be even cooler for someone (assuming they are contiguous) to swim from whichever lake in the north (Mead?) they draw from to the southern-most point in the state (Yuma?).
How about Key West to the Dry Tortugas? I think it's about 50-55 miles.
Or a Swim Across Florida, using rivers, lakes, and the barge canals? Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic ocean. Probably 180-200+ miles. Watch out for gators.
There is also the St. Johns River in Florida. It's one of the only rivers that flows north. Swim the entire river. Not sure how many miles it is, but it's in the hundreds. Could be a good stage swim. Also watch out for gators.
I'd love to do suggestion number six.
6. Because the pristine waters of Crater Lake in the state of Oregon is a special geological wonder of North America, swimming the 9.7K (6 mile) length of the lake will probably be done with a carbon-neutral manner, if at all due to federal restrictions.
Upstream! Not like that guy that swam the Amazon downstream...I'll crew for you, Lump.
Or, the Grand Canal in Venice mb?
Aren't there piranhas in the Amazon? I will pass on that.
How about Key West to the Dry Tortugas? I think it's about 50-55 miles...
It's 70 miles according to the Ft. Jefferson site, and that would be an awesome swim!!!
#9 I assume you mean across Buzzards Bay.
I think a good one would be Chatham to Providencetown along the Cape Cod National Seashore. I wonder which way the current moves, it might be easier the other way. There were more than a few sharks spotted through there last summer.
