[HN Gopher] A Man Who Swam the Seine
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A Man Who Swam the Seine
Author : ColinWright
Score : 31 points
Date : 2021-09-09 08:53 UTC (14 hours ago)
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| bostonsre wrote:
| If you floated on your back and didn't swim at all, how far would
| that river take you in one day?
| rnoorda wrote:
| I remember reading about Ed Stafford walking the entire length of
| the Amazon 10+ years ago. The Amazon is the perfect exotic place
| to imagine adventuring and exploring- but in his travels, he's
| running into people all the time. It's exotic to me, but there
| are people living there who I'm sure find it as normal as I find
| my local park.
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| And that's what this reminds me of- I love the idea of exploring
| where you are.There are many things close to home that can be
| experienced, not just the foreign destinations I imagine from an
| adventure novel.
| yoyojojofosho wrote:
| There's a great YouTube channel, 'Beau Miles' [0] with videos
| focusing on finding amazing places near your home:
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| Here's one he did on an old railway near his house:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCghemtjjM
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| [0]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm325cMiw9B15xl22_gr6Dw
| rnoorda wrote:
| Thanks for sharing, that's great! I watched the railway video
| and it's just what I mean- fascinating things that are too
| often ignored.
| dhosek wrote:
| I have a project that got paused by grad school and kids that I
| hope to return to of walking all the streets of the suburb
| where I live in alphabetical order. I think one of the things
| that helped pause it is that the next street will be a seven
| mile walk once you factor in getting to the starting and ending
| points of the street.
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| As far as I got is at http://walkingoakpark.blogspot.com
| basementcat wrote:
| A gentleman did something like that in NYC and a filmmaker
| made a documentary about it.
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Before_Your_Feet
| bumbledraven wrote:
| > Typically Germain credits his achievements to a guru of a
| different kind: "I have learned how to master my emotions by
| following the Wim Hof method," he says of Dutch adventurer Wim
| Hof's three-pillar technique using the breath, exposure to cold
| temperatures, and a mix of commitment, will power, and self-
| control to survive in tough situations. "When things are hard,"
| he continues, "I can take pleasure in suffering. Not just in
| swimming, but in life. I was having so much fun that I wasn't
| even counting the time."
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