[HN Gopher] A Man Who Swam the Seine ___________________________________________________________________ A Man Who Swam the Seine Author : ColinWright Score : 31 points Date : 2021-09-09 08:53 UTC (14 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.gq.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.gq.com) | 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. | | 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: | | Here's one he did on an old railway near his house: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCghemtjjM | | [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. | | 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." ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-09-09 23:00 UTC)