Anyone on here ever swum the English Channel?
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Nethybridge said:
Anyone on here ever swam the English Channel?
fixed that for you.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usag...fixed that for you.
Wacky Racer said:
As per thread title.
Or, if you are a strong swimmer, do you think you could do it?
Amazingly, David Walliams did it, a few years ago.
Well, if a PH member can climb to the top of Everest................
Seas aren't like rivers, canals or swimming pools, even on the calmest of days. Or, if you are a strong swimmer, do you think you could do it?
Amazingly, David Walliams did it, a few years ago.
Well, if a PH member can climb to the top of Everest................
I've swam out from beaches into the sea (maybe 100m) and the waters quickly get choppy, even in the first 10 metres. Impossible to sit on the sand when the tides keep coming in. A lot of force in the water and you're up against that at sea. It really is swim, or sink or get thrown around.
You do learn to swim and ride/bounce along on the water but it can be easy to get pushed about or suddenly battered with full force by a rapid ripple wave towering above your line of vision.
Not nice when salty sea water goes up your nose or down your throat.
I imagine there's a it'd just be like that in the Channel.
Swimming about 20 miles in deep, heavy salty sea water would be a challenge for me.
Swimming 20 miles in a river or canal on a calm summer's day, or by doing lengths of swimming pool water, will probably be a totally different story altogether and may actually be possible.
captain.scarlet said:
Swimming about 20 miles in deep, heavy salty sea water would be a challenge for me.
Swimming 20 miles in a river or canal on a calm summer's day, or by doing lengths of swimming pool water, will probably be a totally different story altogether and may actually be possible.
Swimming 20 miles anywhere is seriously hard work. I'm a very strong swimmer, I swim nearly every day, and I couldn't do it. In a 50m Olympic sized pool, it's around 650 lengths. Swimming 20 miles in a river or canal on a calm summer's day, or by doing lengths of swimming pool water, will probably be a totally different story altogether and may actually be possible.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
captain.scarlet said:
Swimming about 20 miles in deep, heavy salty sea water would be a challenge for me.
Swimming 20 miles in a river or canal on a calm summer's day, or by doing lengths of swimming pool water, will probably be a totally different story altogether and may actually be possible.
Swimming 20 miles anywhere is seriously hard work. I'm a very strong swimmer, I swim nearly every day, and I couldn't do it. In a 50m Olympic sized pool, it's around 650 lengths. Swimming 20 miles in a river or canal on a calm summer's day, or by doing lengths of swimming pool water, will probably be a totally different story altogether and may actually be possible.
If you go in the White Horse pub in Dover, there are literally hundreds of signatures and dates of people who have swum it, written on the walls. Never bothered myself, as stated above the ferry is a much better method to cross, especially if you’re taking the car.
My old landlord has though.
My old landlord has though.
I recall reading a piece in the Blue Peter annual, probably 1990ish and seeing a photo of a chubby greased up kid who had swam the channel at 11 years old and it said he would always have the record because after he did it, they changed the rules to implement a minimum age.
https://www.forces.net/stories/how-i-swam-channel-...
Astonishing achievement for anyone, nevermind an 11 year old!
https://www.forces.net/stories/how-i-swam-channel-...
Astonishing achievement for anyone, nevermind an 11 year old!
A friend of mine did it as part of some mental triathlon thing between London to Paris.
He said the channel swim was hideous - he was sick multiple times during the swim and for what ever reason he said it wouldnt disperse - most of the swim was carried out in a halo of floating vomit for the duration. He climbed out the other side caked in bits that had pretty much followed him all the way from the UK.
He said the channel swim was hideous - he was sick multiple times during the swim and for what ever reason he said it wouldnt disperse - most of the swim was carried out in a halo of floating vomit for the duration. He climbed out the other side caked in bits that had pretty much followed him all the way from the UK.
Wacky Racer said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Well despite all the publicity and plaudits Graham Souness definitely didn't swim the channel.
Even if he did it as a relay it was a fantastic effort, he raised nearly £1m.The Bloke has had a triple heart bypass.
He was a dirty ******* as a player though.
I assume it is like marathon running. Something that most people could do if they trained enough. I really don’t see the appeal of swimming. I like hiking, particularly in the mountains (which is a bit of b
h when you live in Denmark), because you are out in the open and can enjoy the scenery (and stop off for a beer and something to eat). Swimming in cold salty water that looks exactly the same for ten hours. No thanks!
h when you live in Denmark), because you are out in the open and can enjoy the scenery (and stop off for a beer and something to eat). Swimming in cold salty water that looks exactly the same for ten hours. No thanks!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff