How Do You Succeed At Swimming The English Channel?
Never mind climbing Mt. Everest, you can amaze your family, friends—and yourself—by taking the plunge across the English Channel. The feat is more popular than you may think, and has already been conquered by at least 1,000 folks. So you, too, can succeed in swimming the English Channel with a few simple steps. Train, train, train by swimming daily until you can do at least 40 miles in cold water with strong currents. Check out the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, which keeps track of those who swim the channel and can provide a network of others to share ideas. Pick the narrowest point of the channel, unless you are suicidal, which is the 21-mile stretch between England’s Dover and Calais in France. This is compared to the channel’s widest width at some 150 miles. Decide if you wish to start in England or France. Research the current to see which way it will drag you as you’re swimming and make sure to start either east or west of your ending point so you can use the current
