Four-way
From Openwaterpedia
noun, adjective - Four-way (or four-way crossing) is a solo open water swim or a relay that continues four consecutive times across a channel, lake, river or other open body of water. Traditionally, there can be up to a ten-minute break at the shoreline between each crossing.
Usage
The relay is attempting a four-way crossing of the English Channel.
Synonyms
The Other Side
Sarah Thomas is the protagonist of the film The Other Side, a documentary covering her English Channel quad swim. On 17 September 2019, she completed an unprecedented 134 km four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours 10 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 37 where she swam from England to France to England to France and back to England with escort pilot Eddie Spelling on Anastasia.
- 1st crossing from England to France: 11 hours 26 minutes 50 seconds
- 2nd crossing from France to England: 12 hours 41 minutes 14 seconds
- 3rd crossing from England to France: 12 hours 58 minutes 16 seconds
- 4th crossing from France to England: 17 hours 5 minutes 40 seconds
External links
- Sarah Thomas, An Iconic Legend Swimming Among Us
- 1-2-3 Goes James Penrose Across Lake Willoughby
- Impossible? Done Repeatedly By Sarah Thomas
- If Open Water Swims Were Custom Starbucks Orders
- Four-Way? No Way! Chloë Can
- Chloë McCardel On Her English Channel Four-Way
- Chloë McCardel Soon To Set Off On Historic Four-Way
- Swimming With Starbucks
- From A Dark Place To The Other Side
- The Other Side
- Jon Washer
- Open-Water Swimmer Sarah Thomas Didn't Let Cancer Stop Her in Record-Breaking Quest
- Freestyling For Four, The Heroic Comeback Of Sarah Thomas
- The Other Side x 4, Successfully Accomplished
- Sarah Thomas En Route To Mightily Raising The Bar
- Awe, Admiration: The Awesomeness Of Sarah Thomas
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
