Thorgalaeg
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If you can swin a few kms non stop you could do it. maybe would need bit of training and mental preparation but the basis is already there.
Can You Swim?
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Zardnaar
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Once upon a time 2-3km was doable not now.
But yeah need some low impact exercise swimming might be it.
Thorgalaeg
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This pic was taken from the road i must take daily to go from home to work. Background mountains are Africa, only 14 km away.
AdamCrock
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This pic was taken from the road i must take daily to go from home to work. Background mountains are Africa, only 14 km away.
Where are the Hercules pillars ? Were there a lie ?
edit : Those naughty Greeks !
I forced myself to swim every week half an hour after I stopped working. Felt real good. Did it for a year or so.
There were special hours for elderly and (otherwise
) handicapped people, so that we could just make our meters without playing and chasing kids all over us.Learned BTW swimming at primary school 3rd year or so. Always red eyes the rest of the day from the heavily chlorinated water.
Lots of water from small canals and pools here in NL. Swimming pools also a social place for teenagers.
Took care that my kids did toddler swimming and at age 4 started with their three swimming certificates. The last one, C, means also that you can swim with your clothes and shoes on, and swim underwater through obstacles.
Cannot find it back but once saw a report showing that drowning had the highest mortality rate for children 0-4 years old. Something to be mindful about.
Boys BTW much higher than girls (that nasty fear extinguishing testosteron
)
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Zardnaar
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This pic was taken from the road i must take daily to go from home to work. Background mountains are Africa, only 14 km away.
Doesn't look that far.
Thorgalaeg
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Greeks invented lies, as everything else.
Yeah, distances look shorter at sea, until you are in the water.
Thorgalaeg
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There are certificates for anything.I forced myself to swim every week half an hour after I stopped working. Felt real good. Did it for a year or so.
There were special hours for elderly and (otherwise
Learned BTW swimming at primary school 3rd year or so. Always red eyes the rest of the day from the heavily chlorinated water.
Lots of water from small canals and pools here in NL. Swimming pools also a social place for teenagers.
Took care that my kids did toddler swimming and at age 4 started with their three swimming certificates. The last one, C, means also that you can swim with your clothes and shoes on, and swim underwater through obstacles.
AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
Maybe they're underwater ? Where You exactly live at ? (sorry to pry)
Thorgalaeg
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Tarifa:
That small peninsula is the southernmost point of continental Europe, top is the Atlantic, bottom is the Mediterranean.
And very much appreciated by little children !
Not something sweet lullaby from their parents... but an official acknowledgement from the world of the adults.
Kids can be mighty proud on that
And yeah... all those badges can be overcooked... (exaggerated) for every new knot you learn at scouting a new badge
But that swimming is real, like now being allowed to swim in the big pool
AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
Tarifa:
That small peninsula is the southernmost point of continental Europe, top is the Atlantic, bottom is the Mediterranean.
So You need to catch a ship to get to work ? wow ! I would've long gone changed the work
Thorgalaeg
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No man, i live in Tarifa and work in Algeciras:
But i know people who live in Algeciras and work at Ceuta and have to take the ferry every day. (it takes a hour) There is a helicopter service too i think.
Edit: Errr, Ozéano?
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But i know people who live in Algeciras and work at Ceuta and have to take the ferry every day. (it takes a hour) There is a helicopter service too i think.
Edit: Errr, Ozéano?
AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
Oh well Your ship radio signal on waves - UKF is it ? (UKF stands for Ulrtra Hihgh Frequency) , sadly it is long gone - compromised. Do You use any orther frequencies ?
Berzerker
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Alcatraz looks even closer but the currents (and cold water) make it a very dangerous swim
Zardnaar
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This week's efforts. Found a nice beach around 9am. Probably going to hit 25 today which is decent for November.
And some other views.
Creek
And down the far end.
And some other views.
Creek
And down the far end.
Narz
keeping it real
I can swim, only 3 strokes. Could probably go a mile or two in an emergency, maybe more
Zardnaar
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Should have gone for a swim. Hit 32 degrees Celsius, 8am hungover and it's bright and hot out there. 23 degrees at midnight.
Patine
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No, there are definite lies on record in old Mesopotamian Cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Shang-Dynasty oracle bones, Hebrew texts, and the oldest traceable of oral legends, long before the Greeks were anything more than a group of hinterland barbarians in the shadows of Minoan palace-cities....
But what about everything else ???
