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[[File:Défi Titicaca 2.jpg|400px|thumb|right|[[Malia Metella]], [[Théo Curin]], and [[Mathieu Witvoet]] completed the 122 km [[tandem free swimming]] adventure, an unprecedented 11-day [[stage swim]] across [[Lake Titicaca]]]]
noun - [[Tandem free swimming]] is a [[freeswimming]] event in which no [[escort crew]], [[escort paddler]], [[escort kayaker]], [[pace swimmer]], [[escort pilot]] or [[escort boat]] helps support, guide or navigate a group of swimmers along the route.  A [[solo freeswimming]] event is similar, but only includes one [[freeswimming]] individual.

==Usage==

''Malia Metella, Théo Curin, and Mathieu Witvoet completed a 122 km [[tandem free swimming]] adventure in 11 days across [[Lake Titicaca]] in 2021.''

==Origin==

Coined by [[Steven Munatones]] on the [[Daily News of Open Water Swimming]] in 2021.

==Synonym==

[[self-sustained swimming]], [[tandem freeswimming]], [[freeswimming]], [[self-supported swimming]]

==Tandem Self-sustained Swims==

*[[Malia Metella]], [[Théo Curin]], and [[Mathieu Witvoet]] completed a 122 km [[self-sustained]] [[high-altitude swim]] across [[Lake Titicaca]] between Bolivia and Peru at 3,811m altitude in 11 days beginning on 10 November 2021.
*On 13 August 2012, [[Tony Lillios]] and [[Kate Howell]] completed a [[two-way]], non-wetsuit 12-mile [[self-supported crossing]] of [[Crater Lake]] in Oregon. 

==Chris Lechner's Attempt Across Lake Michigan==

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Dr. [[Chris Lechner]]'s self-supported attempt across [[Lake Michigan]]

==External links==

* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/defi-titicaca-122-km-in-11-days-across-lake-titicaca-with-malia-metella-theo-curin-mathieu-witvoet/ Défi Titicaca, 122 km in 11 Days Across Lake Titicaca with Malia Metella, Théo Curin, Mathieu Witvoet]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/2012/08/two-fer-in-crater-lake-by-tony-lillios/ Two-fer In Crater Lake By Tony Lillios And Kate Howell]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/saildrone-and-self-sustained-swims-in/ Saildrone And Self-Sustained Swims In Open Water’s Future]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/omar-el-galla-swimming-from-suez-to-shalateen/ Omar El Galla, Swimming From Suez To Shalateen]
* [https://explorersweb.com/2021/07/25/arthur-germain-completes-seine-swim/ Arthur Germain Completes Seine Swim]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Open Water Swimming]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/omar-el-galla-swimming-from-suez-to-shalateen/ Omar El Galla, Swimming From Suez To Shalateen]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/saildrone-and-self-sustained-swims-in/ Saildrone And Self-Sustained Swims In Open Water's Future]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/from-apostles-island-to-mighty-red-river/ From The Apostles Island To The Mighty Red River]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/two-fer-in-crater-lake-by-tony-lillios/ Two-fer In Crater Lake By Tony Lillios And Kate Howell]
* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/giorgio-alessi-strokes-spins-steps-to/ Giorgio Alessi Strokes, Spins, Steps To Uberman Fame]

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