Adventure swimming
noun - Adventure or expeditionary swimming is the act of swimming in, around, to, from, or across any body of open body of water where excitement, drama, uncertainty, and/or risk are inherent elements or issues to consider. It can also be a swim of extreme distances, duration, time in water, location, water temperatures or conditions are extraordinarily difficult or unusual.
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Locations
An Adventure swim or expedition swim can start on land, piers, pontoons, jetties, breakwaters, boats and be done in oceans, lakes, bay, estuaries, reservoirs or rivers. An adventure swim may be done with or without the use of aids of any sort (e.g., fins, wetsuits, paddles, technical swimsuit, flotation device, shark cage, protective wear) and can be conducted under any set of rules or course design.
Purpose
Adventure or expeditionary swimming can be attempted or done for personal reasons, pure adventure, new experiences, memories, records, history or promotion (either self-promotion or promotion of a charity, issue or cause). It can be a solo effort or a relay (group) exploit or a Stage Swim.
Adventure swimming is self-created and self-designed. It is about going beyond limits, exploring abilities, experiencing the world through swimming. It is blazing new paths in oceans, lakes, and rivers just for the simple reason of adventure.
Synonyms
open water swimming, excursion swimming, expedition swimming, expedition swim, sea trekking, swim trekking, free swimming, expedition swimming, free solo swim, free solo swimming, free solo channel swim, free solo channel swimming
The Highest Swim
Madswimmers doing high-altitude swimming at 5909m (19,386 feet) in a frozen lake on Mt Tres Cruces, a volcano in the Andes Mountains along the Argentina - Chile border in South America with the water temperature between 0.5 - 2ºC (32.9ºF - 35.6ºC). Jean Craven, Herman van der Westhuizen and Chris Marthinusen completed the 5-minute neoprened wild swim while Evan Feldman and Milton Brest swam in wetsuits and Robert Graaff and Juandre Human were unable to partake in the final swim due to medical restraints after a 6-hour hike up the volcano and a laborious creating of the small area to swim through the 20 cm thick ice covering.
Tsugaru Channel Swim
Video of Brad McVetta crossing the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido, courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi and the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
Monterey Bay Swim
Epic Maui Swim
- The Epic Maui Swim is an unprecedented circumnavigation swim around the island of Maui in Hawaii, a celebration of the Hawaiian culture and a call to action for ocean health that starts on 7 July 2024 with Mariam Saleh Bin Laden of Saudi Arabia, John Clark, Andrew Donaldson of Scotland, Barbara Hernandez of Chile, Prabhat Koli of India, Nathalie Pohl of Germany, Jonathan Ridler of New Zealand, Yvette Dickson Tetteh of Ghana, Sarah Thomas of the USA, and Mostafa Zaki of Egypt.
- Ryan Leong), John Kalemakali’i Clark, Andy Donaldson, and Stefan Reinke completed a 22-day 226 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii in 73 hours 54 minutes.
- Day 1 on 7 July, they swam 25.5 km from Hana to Ke’anea in 9 hours 56 minutes
- Day 2 on 8 July, they swam 24.2 km from Ke’anea to Maliko in 7 hours 51 minutes
- Day 3 on 9 July was a rest day
- Day 4 on 10 July, they swam 21.2 km from Maliko to Kahakuloa in 6 hours 3 minutes
- Day 5 on 11 July, they swam 15.2 km from Kahakuloa to Honolua in 4 hours 53 minutes
- Day 6 on 12 July, they swam 14.3 km from Honolua to Ka’anapali in 5 hours 9 minutes
- Day 7 on 13 July was a rest day
- Day 8 on 14 July was a rest day
- Day 9 on 15 July, they swam 17.2 km from Ka’anapali to Olowalu in 6 hours 7 minutes
- Day 10 on 16 July, they swam 12.3 km from Olowalu to McGregor in 3 hours 42 minutes
- Day 11 on 17 July was a rest day
- Day 12 on 18 July, they swam 12.0 km from McGregor to Keawakapu in 3 hours 36 minutes
- Day 13 on 19 July, they swam 15.1 km from Keawakapu to La Perouse in 5 hours 15 minutes
- Day 14 on 20 July, they swam 26.6 km from Nu’u to La Perouse in 6 hours 46 minutes
- Day 15 on 21 July was a rest day
- Day 16 on 22 July was a travel day
- Day 17 on 23 July, they swam 9.1 km from Hana Bay to Pu’uki’i in 4 hours 6 minutes
- Day 18 on 24 July, they swam 17.8 km from Pu’uki’i to Kaupo in 5 hours 43 minutes
- Day 19 on 25 July was a travel day
- Day 20 on 26 July, they swam 6.10 km from Kaupo to Nu’u in 1 hour 41 minutes
- Day 21 on 27 July was a rest day
- Day 22 on 28 July, they swam 9.4 km on a Molokini swim of 3 hours 4 minutes
External links
- Epic Swim Maui – Circumnavigation Stage Swim Data
- A Thought Experiment on the Personality Traits of Open Water Swimmers
- Epic Swim Maui
- Adventures In The Open Water: Swim Long
- Long Swims
- Open Water Swimming
- How To Train For Open Water Swimming
- Pablo Fernández Álvarez Aborts World Record Attempt After Swimming 27 km In The First 3 Hours
- What Is Open Water Swimming?
- Have Fun, Be Safe, Live The Adventure
- The Tahoe 360
- Diana Nyad's Xtreme Dream
- Martin Strel, Professional Marathon Swimmer
- Swimming From Okinawa To Taiwan
- Lewis Gordon Pugh
- Jamie Patrick's Adventure Swimming
- Source2Sea
- Atlantic Crossing 4 - You Can't See Where You're Going
- Open Water Swimming
- Rules and Results
- Say Yes To Life Swims
- Say Yes To Life In The Open
- Top 25 Terms In Openwaterpedia
- It Was A Mad, Mad Swim Across The Mozambique Channel
- Dr. Chris Lechner Swims Solo For 95 Miles
- Adventures of Dr Lechner
- When Almost Is Good Enough
- Chris Lechner Explains His Adventure Across Lake Michigan
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- What Should A Museum Of Open Water Swimming Offer?
