Tandem free swim
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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.
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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
Dr. Chris Lechner's self-supported attempt across Lake Michigan
External links
- Défi Titicaca, 122 km in 11 Days Across Lake Titicaca with Malia Metella, Théo Curin, Mathieu Witvoet
- Two-fer In Crater Lake By Tony Lillios And Kate Howell
- Saildrone And Self-Sustained Swims In Open Water’s Future
- Omar El Galla, Swimming From Suez To Shalateen
- Arthur Germain Completes Seine Swim
- Open Water Swimming
- Omar El Galla, Swimming From Suez To Shalateen
- Saildrone And Self-Sustained Swims In Open Water's Future
- From The Apostles Island To The Mighty Red River
- Two-fer In Crater Lake By Tony Lillios And Kate Howell
- Giorgio Alessi Strokes, Spins, Steps To Uberman Fame
