TED – Endure

Tag: open water swimming

Into the Ice: Ted Epstein’s Death-Defying Swim Across the Bering Strait

January 28, 2026

Adventure, Biography, Endurance Sports, Inspirational, Mental Toughness, Open Water Swimming, Swimming, Ultra Endurance

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…
Grease, Grit, and 20 Miles of Chaos: Ted Epstein’s Wildest Swim

January 28, 2026

Adventure, Inspirational, Open Water Swimming, Personal Growth, Swimming, Training, Triathlon, Ultra Endurance

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…