HaHa, didn't think it would be that easy did you?
The lengths some people go to to see some trad
in its native country
Better get you breaststroke perfected hehe
Better get a plastic fiddle. Though I suppose you'd get more buoyancy from your regular model - good for a having a rest on now & then. In fact, get the timing right and you might catch the gulf stream and float across!
Much better if you get your orientation from someone who has actually done the trip already.
I mean, even a rookie transatlantic swimmer can tell you to skip the driving leg to Boston. Jumping in from the ferry dock in Halifax saves you a few strokes.
Same thing at the other end--why dog paddle up the Thames? I usually just aim for the strand west of Ballyconneelly. Unless it's raining, I'm dried off by the time I walk into town, ready for a pint and tunes....
I wonder what Ron Obvious would think of this -- he's the fella in the Monty Python skit who was going to be the first to jump the English Channel. He noted that his intrepid manager, Luigi Vercotti, had explained how it's possible to jump such a long distance because, when one is over the ocean, "there's a great impetus to stay in the air."
And, of course, as any good cartoon character could show you, if you move your legs reallyreallyreally fast it is in fact possible to defy gravity. Well, for a few seconds anyway; long enough to get back to wherever it was you started from.
Unless, of course, you're The Coyote:
<distant whistling sound of object falling through the air>
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**pum**
A small caveat to anyone else who wants to travel this way: the last time I swam to Ireland, "Out on the Ocean" was stuck in my head the whole damn way....
Last time you swam to Ireland did you notice that any ships in full sail? If they weren't out on the ocean, maybe they were sailing up Walpole's ars€
It's kinda weird, actually, but google will give directions from any point in the USA or Canada to any point in Europe using the same sea passage. But you can't get anywhere in Africa, Asia, or the Pacific. Looks like some programmer had a bit of fun on his Friday afternoon.
Swimming to Ireland
Swimming to Ireland
Google Maps Driving Directions from Halifax to Limerick: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=halifax,+canada&daddr=limerick,+ireland&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=83.408584,108.28125&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=3&ll=47.872144,-34.628906&spn=73.628913,108.28125&om=1
Step 24: "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean, 5,572 km."
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by silver bow
Re: Swimming to Ireland
HaHa, didn't think it would be that easy did you?
The lengths some people go to to see some trad
in its native country
Better get you breaststroke perfected hehe
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Joneser
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Or you could just fly to Dublin airport, just some friendly advice ;)
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Joneser
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Better get a plastic fiddle. Though I suppose you'd get more buoyancy from your regular model - good for a having a rest on now & then. In fact, get the timing right and you might catch the gulf stream and float across!
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by the wounded hussar
Re: Swimming to Ireland
I'd watch out going through the Dartford Tunnel. Gets busy at rush hour. Couldn't you swim the Thames there also?
BTW, good advice with the plastic fiddle. But you'd be better off using a giant bodhran as a coracle, and a banjo as a paddle.
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Bring a set of uilleann pipes---very helpful flotation device.
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by kennedy
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Sigh...typical google directions.
Much better if you get your orientation from someone who has actually done the trip already.
I mean, even a rookie transatlantic swimmer can tell you to skip the driving leg to Boston. Jumping in from the ferry dock in Halifax saves you a few strokes.
Same thing at the other end--why dog paddle up the Thames? I usually just aim for the strand west of Ballyconneelly. Unless it's raining, I'm dried off by the time I walk into town, ready for a pint and tunes....
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Will CPT
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Damn CPT - beat me to it!!
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Mmmmmm as an alternative to Ryan Air this has possibilities
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by bazouki dave and the real tooty flutey
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Just remember, getting there is the easy part. Finding an affordable room and pot of stew puts the hardiest to the test.
And the crossing back to Amerikay runs against the current the whole way....
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Will CPT
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Not too far really. At 10 km / day doggy paddle, it should only take you about a year and a half roughly.
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Clear Drops
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Whatever you do... DON'T miss the slight right at E05... you'll get ALL screwed up if you do...
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by pastrings
Re: Swimming to Ireland
I wonder what Ron Obvious would think of this -- he's the fella in the Monty Python skit who was going to be the first to jump the English Channel. He noted that his intrepid manager, Luigi Vercotti, had explained how it's possible to jump such a long distance because, when one is over the ocean, "there's a great impetus to stay in the air."
And, of course, as any good cartoon character could show you, if you move your legs reallyreallyreally fast it is in fact possible to defy gravity. Well, for a few seconds anyway; long enough to get back to wherever it was you started from.
Unless, of course, you're The Coyote:
<distant whistling sound of object falling through the air>
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
**pum**
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by sts
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Against the current - 4 year round trip, but just think how fit you'd be if you didn't get taken by sharks or run into an iceberg.
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Clear Drops
Re: Swimming to Ireland
A small caveat to anyone else who wants to travel this way: the last time I swam to Ireland, "Out on the Ocean" was stuck in my head the whole damn way....
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by Will CPT
Re: Swimming to Ireland
Last time you swam to Ireland did you notice that any ships in full sail? If they weren't out on the ocean, maybe they were sailing up Walpole's ars€
# Posted on March 30th 2007 by Fiddlebabe
Re: Swimming to Ireland
It's kinda weird, actually, but google will give directions from any point in the USA or Canada to any point in Europe using the same sea passage. But you can't get anywhere in Africa, Asia, or the Pacific. Looks like some programmer had a bit of fun on his Friday afternoon.
# Posted on March 31st 2007 by wormdiet