Category: Open Water Swimming
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Swimming the Bering Strait — A Birthday Into History July 19, 1993 For his 58th birthday, Ted didn’t ask for a cake.He asked for the coldest, loneliest stretch of water on Earth. He wanted to swim the Bering Strait. Just a few years earlier, legendary cold-water swimmer Lynne Cox had stunned the world by crossing…
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When Even Ted Said “Maybe Not” — The English Channel & The Ice Waters of Siberia The Swim That Never Happened The English Channel — Dover, England Some adventures are conquered.Others are wisely declined. When Ted and Vivian traveled to Dover, England, they were invited to meet the longtime organizers of the legendary English Channel…
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Swimming Against the Tide — and the Pollution Hong Kong Island Swim, May 17, 1988 Ted didn’t just chase challenges.He chased meaning. While visiting Hong Kong in 1988, Ted set his sights on an ambitious goal: swimming around Hong Kong Island. But this wasn’t only about endurance — it was about awareness. The harbor’s pollution…
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Swimming — The Sport Ted Refused to Let Beat Him Ted Epstein had striking light blue eyes — the kind most people never noticed because they were usually hidden behind thick glasses. And those glasses were exactly why swimming terrified him. But triathlons don’t care about fears. When Ted signed up for a quarter triathlon…