Ram Barkai

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Ram Barkai is a renowned cold water extreme swimmer who holds several world records. He holds the title in the most southernly open water swim ever performed when he swam in Antarctica. He also swam in mid-winter in Lake Zurich, Switzerland and organized the Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge in the Patagonia region in South America where he was among the first individuals to successfully swim around Cape Horn, at the tip of South America.

Ram also organizes the Cadiz Freedom Swim and the Speedo Ice Swim Africa and the founder of the International Ice Swimming Association.

He has inspired people through his extreme swims and extraordinarily positive view of life and its challenges. He has done ice swims with Anne Marie Ward and Nuala Moore in Ireland, with Gavin Pike in Scotland, and with Andrew Chin, Ryan Stramrood, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan and Andrew Chin in Chile and Argentina. He will appear on Stan Lee's Superhumans television series for this ability to swim without a wetsuit or neoprene cap at lethally cold water temperatures.

In 2012, Barkai completed a 1.3 km swim in an ice-bound lake in Jondal, Norway water temperature of 0.2˚C at 1000m above sea level. The swim is part of a new series on Discovery HD, which will air in 200 locations towards the end of this year.

Videos

External links

• Ram Barkai and Gavin Pike in Scotland
• Do Swimmers Lose More Body Heat From Their Head?
• Cadiz Freedom Swim website
• Speedo Ice Swim Africa website
• Open Water Swimming website