Dead Sea Swim
The Dead Sea Swim is a 17.5 km marathon swim organized by South African Evan Feldman of Madswimmer and Oded Rahav the Cyprus Israel Relay Team across the Dead Sea. The group tandem swim on 15 November 2016 took 7 hours 9 minutes.
Cause
To raise awareness about the importance of saving nature by enhancing preservation and protection activities and raising awareness about the degeneration and depletion of the Dead Sea.
Course
To swim across the Dead Sea with local and foreign swimmers in one of the saltiest open bodies of water on Earth and the lowest place on Earth. The starting point in Jordan was 31°41'.6 N 35°55'. E and the landing point in Israel was 31°45' N 35°40' E. The course was in the Mujib delta river, Jordan to Ein Gedi, Israel in 26-27°C water with 6 rib boats + 1 large metal boat (for medics and other logistics), 4 doctors, 2 paramedics, 1 rescue unit (and numerous volunteers on boats and on shore).
Equipment
A special protective mask was required.
Participants of the Dead Sea Swim
Participating open water swimmers in the 16 km group tandem swim called the Dead Sea Swim between Jordan and Israel across the Dead Sea on 15 November 2016 that took 7 hours 9 minutes included
- Udi Erell
- Doron Amosi
- Luc Chetboun
- Ben Enosh
- Ori Sela
- Oded Rahav
- Adina Faur
- Avishag Turek
- Erez Amir
- Samuel Moran
- Yussuf Muhammad Ahmad Matari
- Brooke Penney
- Kimberley Chambers
- Nick Papageorge
- Jean Craven
- Evan Feldman
- Juandre Human
- Hylton Lokitch
- Abigail Thomson
- Ram Barkai
- Karon Marx
- Gita Osrin
- Neil Macaskill
- Herman van der Westhuizen
- Jackie Cobell
Boat team
1. Dov Litvinoff
2. Johny Osrin
3. Charl Rorich (photographer)
4. Marilet Brink
5. Lucy Tully
6. Kamini Moodley
7. Nicolene Steynberg
8. Nimrod Erez
9. Uri Brown
10. Ronen Lazar
11. Yoav Paz
12. Shabtai Almozlinos
13. Harel Ben Nun
14. Yonatan Tzachar
15. Lozon Mor
16. Tal Saliman
17. Topaz Shashkis
18. Ilan Basik Tashtash
19. Ian Barzelay
20. Evyatar Mordechai Mor Morado
21. Tal Eytan
22. Dr. Yossef Azoulay
23. Mira Edelstein
Support:
- Gidon Bromberg
- Uri Ginot
- Shacaf Homri
- Dr. Yoav Paz
- Dr. Daniel King
- Erin Falah
- Alon Shachal
External links
- Avishag Turek Setting Standards Across The Sea of Galilee
- Facing Reverse Osmosis Across The Dead Sea
- Dead Sea Swim
- Swimming the Dead Sea - Swapping Ice for Salt
- Kim Swims In The Dead Sea
- The Dead Sea Swim Comes Alive With Madswimmers
- Ori Sela And Friends Mask The Pain Of Salt Mouth
- Denigration, Depletion And Daring In The Dead Sea
- The Dead Sea Comes Alive
- Easybreath In The Dead Sea
- EcoPeace
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Bringing The Dead Sea Back To Life
- Swimming In Earth's Lowest Elevation On Land
- EcoPeace Sees Swimmers' Global Support Of The Dead Sea
- Lowest Swim In History Completed Across The Dead Sea
- Jackie Cobell Continues Swims In Unprecedented Locations
- A Day With A Blue Mind
- Where Were The Madswimmers In 2016?
- Avishag Turek Is Getting Warmed Up
