Over 52 hours in Loch Ness: extreme swimmer breaks record
Extreme adventurer Ross Edgley, who broke the record for the longest open water swim ever in Loch Ness.
Source: Jonty Story/PA Media/DPA
Fort Augustus. British extreme athlete Ross Edgley swam through Loch Ness for more than two days. With 52 hours and 39 minutes in which he neither went ashore nor on a boat, the 36-year-old held the record for the longest open water swim at the famous Scottish lake, the PA news agency reported Saturday night. broke.
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Despite occasional heavy rain and wind and low temperatures of 5 °C, they covered an estimated 79 kilometres.
Edgley wanted to raise awareness of kelp forests in Scotland with his extreme swimming. “It was one of the biggest challenges of my career, both physically and mentally,” he said. Edgley went ashore at Fort Augustus on Friday afternoon. The endurance athlete became famous when he swam around Great Britain in 157 days in 2018.
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