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Long-distance swimming is like backpacking, but instead of walking, you swim, and instead of carrying a backpack, you have a waterproof floating bag that you push in front of you. Your bag contains food, a tent, a sleeping bag, clothes, etc. – similar to what you would bring backpacking or bike touring,
or on any other self-powered, self-supported, multi-day excursion. You wear flippers, goggles and (if it’s cold) a wetsuit.
You can go down a river, around a lake, or along a chain of lakes, very much like what you would do in a canoe, but you don’t go as far each day, and you have much less equipment to worry about.
(If you get too tired to swim, you won’t drown because you can use the bag as a flotation device.)
The voyage of Kon Tiki
http://www.museumsn...n-tiki/Expeditions/
The ultimate rafting trip [normzone, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
not quite sure why, but [tsuka] asked me to link this picture for him...
http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/rrt/sbs.jpg
...it might actually *be* him [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
The Swimmer
http://www.talkingp...ReviewsSwimmer.html
[po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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I'm all up for this, but the volume of people I'm going to find to go along with me will be pretty limited. |
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I do go out freedive hunting off Boomer's Beach in La Jolla, and I'll take food and Gatorade with me, but [a tent, a sleeping bag, clothes] is going to limit your mobility severely. |
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In a downstream capability this might be fun, but I can see a problem. If you leash to your gear, this could get you drowned. If you don't, this could get you sleeping on the bank in your wetsuit after you lose your gear. |
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Definitely for calm waters only. I think the kayak crowd is going to give you a run for your money. |
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I don't see why you need the shore at all. Change from a floating bag to a raft with tent, and you could make cross-lake (cross-oceanic? perhaps some true athletes) journeys. |
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I wouldn't want to sleep inside a closed, floating tent. Sleeping on a raft would be fun. |
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I regularly sleep on a 22 foot boat during diving season here in So Cal. Sometimes it's very pleasant. Other times it's - strenuous is a good choice of word. When conditions get rough, it makes for an odd night's sleep, but that's the price I pay to be on the ocean. It's beautiful out / down there. |
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My intention was that you should get out of the water and sleep on dry land at night. Pushing a 35-pound floating pack would not limit your mobility too much because (a) you’d be swimming mostly in a straight line, and (b) you could rest your arms on it allowing you to kick more efficiently with your fins. You’d probably want to stay attached to your gear via a strap with a quick-release buckle. |
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don't let the fish bite.. |
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My legs are tired. And my abs are killing me. And I've been pruny for days now. Are we there yet? |
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You have as pets a collection of agressive abalone ? Not legal in this state.... |
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I swim competitively, and after doing a 1500m long course in roughly 20 minutes, half the muscles in my body were cramping up. A wetsuit is definitely a must, and as an alternative to a floating bag, I'd recommend a waterproof, buoyant backpack of sorts. |
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Of course, you could always have a buddy drive the dingy along beside ya. |
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