Sarah Thomas: Woman first to swim Channel four times non-stop

BBC ^ | 17 Sept 2019

[Alas Babylon!]

Wow!

My great Uncle, a great swimmer, died crossing Lake Champlain between Orwell, VT and Crowne Point, NY in the 1930s.

They think he got cramps. How does this woman avoid such things?

[Robert DeLong]

So she averaged .04 miles per minute, 1 mile every 25 minutes, and 2.4 miles every hour.

54 hours x 60 = 3,240 minutes + 10 minutes = 3,250 minutes

130 / 3,250 = .04 miles (4 100ths of a mile each minute)

.04 x 25 = 1

3,250 / 25 = 130 miles

Very impressive indeed. I'd be lucky to make it .04 of a mile. I think I did the math correctly. 8>)

[DUMBGRUNT]

Two days six hours!!!

Continous hard work.

No sleep.

Amazing.

[Robert DeLong]

And 10 minutes. Let's not forget that 10 minutes, which I probably couldn't do that anymore now. 8>)

Amazing is not even a strong enough word to describe it. Not sure there even is a word that is. Perhaps miraculous?

[minnesota_bound]

I once swam half way across the English channel but figured I could not make it so I swam back to England.....