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Open Water Training and Technique Pacific Ocean Swim-thoughts?
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    Pacific Ocean Swim-thoughts?

    sydned
    sydned over 14 years ago
    www.tokyotimes.co.jp/.../First man to swim across the Pacific starts from Tokyo.html
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    • Former Member
      Former Member over 14 years ago
      wetsuit, cage, shark shield........ sorry, no interest here. best of luck to him though.
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    • evmo
      evmo over 14 years ago
      It's a mildly intriguing stunt, but I'd need to see how much draft he gets from his boat before I call it "swimming." Oops, I didn't mean to say stunt. I forgot, there's a more politically correct term nowadays: Adventure Swimming!
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    • Former Member
      Former Member over 14 years ago
      It's a mildly intriguing stunt, but I'd need to see how much draft he gets from his boat before I call it "swimming." Oops, I didn't mean to say stunt. I forgot, there's a more politically correct term nowadays: Adventure Swimming! indeed, i think this might be the reason why no one i know has heard of his atlantic ocean tour.
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    • sydned
      sydned over 14 years ago
      Taking calls while swimming--he's the ultimate multi-tasker. When else will he have time to talk to the press? Chaos--agreed.
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    • Former Member
      Former Member over 14 years ago
      "An electronics fitted mask enabled with voice recognition software will enable him to take phone calls while swimming."!!!!!!!!
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    • Former Member
      Former Member over 14 years ago
      "An electronics fitted mask enabled with voice recognition software will enable him to take phone calls while swimming."!!!!!!!! I thought there was a reason why we like to stick our heads underwater for hours on end..so we don't bother with things like phone calls!
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    • Viva O Fear
      Viva O Fear over 14 years ago
      wow, someone is paying a lot of money to do this? Who? Best of luck have fun, swim , swim , swim and more.
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    • Former Member
      Former Member over 14 years ago
      my first thought when i see these swims is does their CV include completions of the english channel, catalina channel, irish channel, cook straits, gibraltar and / or manhattan island? if they don't have one of the standards on their resume, i presume it is because they cannot successfully complete one of these marathon swim standards.
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