1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Martin Strel Conquers the Yangtze

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Taluntain, Aug 1, 2004.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2000
    Messages:
    23,653
    Media:
    494
    Likes Received:
    570
    Gender:
    Male
    Remove all ads!
    [​IMG] Martin Strel finished the project which some deemed crazy, others impossible and for many, especially the Chinese, it was beyond comprehension. The finish was the place where the river meets the sea, a spot just 50 km (31 miles) away from Shanghai. Martin covered most of the world's third longest waterway and by doing so broke his own Guinness record from the Mississippi (3797 km/2360 miles). The new record is over 4,000 km.

    This happened yesterday, and since Strel is a fellow countryman of mine, I though his remarkable achievement deserves some attention here. For some reason, the general press outside of Slovenia is completely ignoring this. I didn't think that just because it happened in China, Reuters or anyone else wouldn't even bother to cover it. Of course, I don't know if there was any coverage in the US when he swum the Mississippi either.

    Well, either way, check out this link for more information.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 1, 2004
    #1
  2. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    May 26, 2003
    Messages:
    6,586
    Media:
    2
    Likes Received:
    162
    He must be fit as a butchers dog that lad. TBH though, I was expecting something different than an overweight middle-aged man before I saw the photo's, lol.

    Great achievement.
     
    Barmy Army, Aug 1, 2004
    #2

  3. Hugo Gems: 15/31
    Latest gem: Waterstar

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2003
    Messages:
    747
    Likes Received:
    0
    Most impressive.
    Indeed I have heard nothing of it, except on SP.
    I agree that this is an act of great physical prowess and deserves media coverage - :thumb: to you for bringing it up.
    :borg:
     
    Hugo, Aug 2, 2004
    #3
  4. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2002
    Messages:
    7,899
    Media:
    74
    Likes Received:
    96
    Gender:
    Male
    He sounds like the Forest Gump of swimers...just not mentaly hanicaped... :hahaerr:

    The most I've ever swam almost-non-stop, was 200 laps in a 25 yard pool; that's 5000 yards. It was for a fundraiser for the swim team. We only got one, one minute break, that we could take at any point we wanted to, but taking anymore would end the fundraiser for that person. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Aug 2, 2004
    #4
  5. Loerand

    Loerand My heart holds no fear for death

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 2002
    Messages:
    1,346
    Likes Received:
    0
    Swimming sucks. But I've swum 1000 meters once, at school, because I had too :(
     
    Loerand, Aug 2, 2004
    #5

  6. Abomination Gems: 26/31
    Latest gem: Diamond

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2003
    Messages:
    2,375
    Likes Received:
    0
    An incredible achievement, indeed, but I don't think it matches swimming Cook Strait (NZ's North Island to South Island) or the English Channel because he's swimming in a river going out to sea. Thus the current would assist him rather than him being pounded by the constantly changing tides of the ocean.
     
    Abomination, Aug 2, 2004
    #6
  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2000
    Messages:
    23,653
    Media:
    494
    Likes Received:
    570
    Gender:
    Male
    There were lots of details in our newspapers that aren't on that site. Like thousands of extremely dangerous whirlpools, the river being so polluted he has had (and still has) serious health problems after being in it for so long, having to dodge dead bodies floating in the river because of the floods, having to have helper ships clear the way for him all the time because he'd otherwise be crushed by all the traffic on the river (it's extremely busy)... I think he'd much rather swim in the sea than have to face that.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 2, 2004
    #7

  8. Abomination Gems: 26/31
    Latest gem: Diamond

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2003
    Messages:
    2,375
    Likes Received:
    0
    Oh...
    I stand corrected. Well... he's rugged. He's also a nutter.
     
    Abomination, Aug 2, 2004
    #8
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.