The Next Challenge

Tag: Swimming

  • Swimming the Sardinian Coast

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    This video makes me green with envy every time I watch it. It just looks stunning. In 2015, Sebastian Schweizer applied to The Next Challenge Grant for his planned expedition to swim part of the Sardinian coast. His one key expense was for a desalinator so that he could get drinking water from the sea.…

  • A Homemade ‘IronMan’ in the Candian Rockies

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    In his application for The Next Challenge Grant, German student Hajo Spathe wrote: I have never seen a more beautiful place than the Canadian Rockies! Turquoise lakes like emeralds and the Icefield Parkway Highway is just breathtaking.” His idea was to undertake an IronMan-style triathlon in this beautiful land he had discovered. His Canadian ‘RockieMountainsIronman’…

  • What are the Ocean’s Seven?

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    I just watched a documentary about Steve Redmond completing the Ocean’s Seven and thought it was about time I talked about them on my blog… The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. The Ocean’s Seven is a similar list and challenge for long distance swimmers rather than mountaineers: a…

  • The Best Books for Wild Swimmers

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    If you’re not swimming outdoors and you’re not talking about swimming outdoors then the third best pastime is probably reading about swimming outdoors. But what are the best books? If you asked me, I’d probably just tell you to read Waterlog then buy Wild Swimming. But my wife, Laura, is somewhat better read than me so offers a reading…

  • 10 Ways to Improve Cold Water Tolerance

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    Cold water swimming is something I’ve written about before, particularly with regards to its health benefits, but here are a few tips for acclimatising to cold water, adapting to the icy water and improving tolerance for those winter swims: Get regular swimming exposure in cool or cold water. The more you do it, even if…

  • Beginner’s Guide to Wild Swimming

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    Wild swimming has attracted significant media attention over the last couple of years writes Laura Moss.  Whether it’s Robson Green swimming the infamous Corryvreckan whirlpool, Lewis Gordon Pugh swimming up Everest, or David Walliams swimming the Thames, everyone seems to be at it.  The question is, why?  And why now?  For some of us, swimming…

  • Swimming Lake Balaton

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    This morning I am flying to Budapest ahead of the weekend’s Balaton-átúszás: the annual swimming race across Lake Balaton. It’s about 5km and my wife, Laura, is taking part. Apparently the water is positively balmy at the moment. Sadly, my shoulder is still a long way from front crawling after an operation in February (part of…

  • So, Ben Fogle is Swimming the Atlantic

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    So, Ben Fogle is to swim the Atlantic. An almighty feat, no matter how you look at it. Mr Fogle’s activities often pique my interest (no doubt he is similarly fascinated by my life). This announcement, however, was not at all the kind of thing I would have expected from the Accidental Adventurer. I’ve written…

  • Sharks, Hearts and Death-Bed Regrets

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    Below are six of the adventure and philosophical blogging highlights from April 2012.  Featured this month is advice on protecting yourself from sharks when swimming across oceans (useful stuff), running with a broken heart (in the more literal rather than romantic sense) and a strangely compelling motivational video (#3). I make a similar list each…

  • How I Train For My Expeditions

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    I enjoy physically challenging projects and that is reflected in many of my expeditions and undertakings. The truth, however, is that I rarely train specifically for any given challenge. Instead, I just keep a general level of fitness which means I’m usually ready for whatever plans I make. However, since the purpose of this website…

  • River-Boarding in Nepal

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    It’s London Explorers tonight and the talk sounds like a real winner. Huw Miles recently made a swim/float descent of the Sun-Kosi river in Nepal. His team used riverboards to navigate grade 5 and 6 rapids, and took video footage as they went. Details about tonight are below. Belinda’s running this one as I’m still…

  • Health Risks of Cold Water Swimming

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    The most popular article on my website is about the health benefits of swimming in cold water. Outdoor swimming is a joy in itself and can bring about a lot of positive health outcomes too. However, I was contacted last week by Jill Peck Vona who found a downside to the natural high: I was…