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The Cold Challenge
The Cold Challenge is a 1.5 km sea race held in Deep Water Bay Beach concurrently to the Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in February 2017.
Categories
There are 2 categories: Naturally Ocean and Wetsuited and Buoyant.
Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim
The Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim is a 15 km extreme winter marathon swim in Hong Kong Island in February, organized by Open Water Asia. The Cold Half (or the Cold Half & Cold Standard Extreme Marathon Swim) is modeled after Asia's most popular marathon swim, the Clean Half, except the water temperature is more to the liking of marathon swimmers, channel swimmers and adventurists of various types than the water temperatures during the Hong Kong summer. The expected water temperature is 20-21ºC (68-69.8ºF) with an expected air temperature that can range from 12.7-22ºC (55-72ºF). The swimmers encounter The Wall, a body surfing section in the middle of the course. It is one of Asia's Top 50 Open Water Swims and part of the Cold Standard.
External links
- Project Kaisei - Capturing the Plastic Vortex
- Clean Half Open Water Swim
- Open Water Swimming website
- Oceanic Big Five
- Sheko Challenge
- Bamboo Is Used At The Sheko Challenge
- Clean Half Turns 50
- Liz Schlicher Tops Women's Solos, Relays in The Clean Half
- Swimmers Are Perfect For This Role
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Doug Woodring, Ocean Environmentalist
- Dolphin Art From Shore To The Heavens
- The Cold Half, The Flip Side Of The Clean Half
- Swimming The Cold Half In A Warm Place
- It's Cold In Hong Kong
- Railroading Along The Wall, Rough Water At Its Best
- Cold Half To Become The Cold Standard
- The Two Going To The Five
- Trent Grimsey Headlines The Five In Hong Kong
- 4 To Attempt To Join Sub-3 Marathon Club
- What Does The Ocean Have To Say?
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- Cold Half Relay And Sub 3 Squared Options Offered
- Sub 3 Squared Club Remains Virgin Territory
- Alex Beaulne Wins Cold Half Amid Winds And Waves
- Ned Denison Is Wowing Locals In Cold Half
- No One Has Ever Done It…Yet
- Cold, Wet And Rough In Hong Kong
- Ned Denison Au Naturale In Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Takes Centre Stage For First New F1 Series
- Views Of Hong Kong: Businessmen vs. Swimmers
- YakSwimmers Take To The Open Water In Hong Kong
- Huge Day In Hong Kong
- Winners At The 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim
- Open Water Asia
- Cold Half Marathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Series
- Sub 3 Remains Elusive, Both On Land And In The Water
- Only For Swimmers With Confidence And Dare
- Cold Half Is The Wright Thing To Do
- The Cold Hard Facts Of Swimming Straight
- Wearing A Blue Suit To The Office
- Blue Skins Swimming, Sylvia
- The Fortunate 30 In Hong Kong's Cold Half
- Hungarian Headlines Hong Kong
- It's All Relative
- Cold Half Is Hot Topic In Hong Kong
- Stars Are Out In Hong Kong For The Cold Half
