Swimming the English Channel is no easy feat. Just ask Captain Matthew Webb, the first to achieve the milestone in 1875.
Choosing the shortest possible route, the 34 km stretch between Dover and Calais, the Englishman managed to zig-zag his away across, evading jellyfish stings and strong currents to swim 64 km in total!
It wasn’t until 1911 that a second swimmer spanned the channel, and since then another 1,749 have followed suit, completing a total of 2,278 solo trips.
A first for the international community and Ukraine
Just eight Danes are among them. Starting with Jenny Kammersgaard, who made two crossings in the …read more
Source: The Copenhagen Post
