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The Pod: Ocean Swimming Marc West
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There is more to ocean swimming than just swimming in the ocean. In The Pod, we chat about all aspects of ocean swimming, from how we can keep the oceans swimmable, to oceans on other planets.
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Ocean swimming... around Lord Howe Island
Lauren Tischendorf is the first woman to swim solo around Lord Howe Island - 32.2 km of sharks, currents, 25 knot winds and 2.5 metre swell, finishing in 13 hours 50 minutes and 26 seconds. She has also filmed a documentary of the swim, I just went for a swim, highlighting the spectacular ocean as well as the importance of the empowerment of girls and women. You can watch this film throughout Australia very soon in the Women's Adventure Film Festival.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Lord - Leaux Mane
Howe - Andervall
Island - extenz
Sapphire - Tobu
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Ocean swimming... with Brendan Cullen
Brendan Cullen is training to swim the English channel, but what makes his journey exceptional is that he is a sheep farmer from Kars Station, east of Broken Hill in NSW, and is about 350 km from the nearest coastline. Four mornings a week, Brendan swims in the murky waters of Lake Pamamaroo and Lake Copi Hollow in the Menindee Lakes, where he can't typically see more than 20 centimetres in front of his face (video). And there's not a lot of open water in the desert!
Brendan already has some major swimming achievements under his belt, such as swimming for 8 hours non-stop, and he an ambassador for lifeline, raising awareness and money for mental health.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Broken - dikomm
Hill - Valance
Broken - Mind Over Mayhem
Hill - Damien Bronieki
Broken - trifonic
Sapphire - Tobu
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Ocean swimming... with Peter Hancock
Peter Hancock has now swum well over 1000 consecutive days, most days in Dumaresq Dam in Armidale, central NSW. Often the temperature is down near freezing. But this is not the first time Pete has conquered an incredible swimming challenge. In 2014, he swam in 333 different locations in the one year, including in the 1.6 degree Fox Glacier River in New Zealand.
As a freshwater ecologist, it's not just the swimming that Pete likes - there are plenty of things to look at! He has discovered new species of fresh water crustaceans and beetles, and documents much of it on Instagram.
Pete also recently completed an indoor Iron Man, raising money for Headspace. So he knows how to run and cycle as well! You can see his adventures on strava.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Set - Michael Douglas Dumaresq
Armidale - Malfatti
Like I do - Dam
Feel good - Invertebrate
Sapphire - Tobu
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Ocean swimming... with Jaimee Rogers
Jaimee Rogers hosts the Big Sports Breakfast program on Sky Sports Radio, is a national level swimmer in the 200m breaststroke, and is now tackling the English Channel. She is raising money with Gotcha4life to support mental health programs. You can sponsor her here.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Balmoral - Peyrius
Winter - Datasuck
Calais to Dover - Binder and Howorth
Cliffs of Dover - Fabio Mazzo
Sapphire - Tobu
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Ocean swimming... in the nude
Jon Stagg has completed the Dark Mofo Nude Solstice Swim every year since its inception. What makes someone swim nude in the middle of the Tasmanian winter? Jon has some fabulous stories - he even did it himself when the event was cancelled during covid!
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Nude Beach - Le Blanche
Naked - Pasi Sillanpaa
Wobble - Josh Tiong
Sapphire - Tobu
Image from ABC
I'm hoping to do the Canberra version - let's see where we're at come the solstice! You'll see it on strava or twitter if I do. -
Ocean swimming... in La Nina
If you live on the east coast of Australia, your ocean swimming season has been rudely interrupted by the weather, with swims cancelled up and down the coast because of high swells and flooding. Australia has just experienced its wettest summer for five years because of a climate cycle known as La Nina. Associate Professor Andréa Taschetto is an oceanographer and ARC Future Fellow at the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
La Niña Y El Lobo - Jesus Adrián Romero
La nina que yo ame - Tumi Music Ltd.
La Nina De Tus OjoS - Daniel Calveti (DJ PRE Remix)
Sapphire - Tobu
Image from hippo px
Some links from the show: Andrea on twitter, Marc on twitter, Marc on strava