“You know, I’ve never swum in a river before,” Chambers observed, half joking. Many of us can swim; a smaller number swim seriously, but even devoted lap swimmers often shy away from long-distance, open-water swims. The 10 longest swims on record were river swims. While few pay attention to river swims, nearly everyone has heard of those in the English Channel. She was about to tap into one of the world’s most impassioned and accomplished marathon swim communities.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2016 18:45 UTC