You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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The Frenchman covered his body with Vaseline to reduce the friction on his body and Sudocrem to combat the effects of the saltwater on the skin.
From a Newsweek article, and because I was curious. I'm still not sure why that bit of skin is exposed, though...
If you mean the upper part of the torso around the neck, I'm guessing it probably wore away from the motion of swimming
I imagine you have to have some pores left unclogged?
Maybe just unfinished?
eats almost exclusively fatty fish, like seals.
... but... seals aren't fish!
Ooooh, "... like seals [do]"
I almost thought they meant he eats seals.
Yea I had to read it 3 times - it's ambiguously worded.
"like seals do" would've been better.
It's a translation from French so it's not perfectly natural.
What le Phoque?
54 minutes in 8c water…wow.
That has to be miserable and I am certain he did that many times before the actually swim.
He did lower in 2024 alone according to https://dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/steve-stievenart-from-imshof-induction-to-immersion-and-beyond/:
- February: completed an Ice Kilometer in 1°C water on the Antarctica Peninsula at the IISA Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure
[...]- December: completed an Ice Zero Mile in Ship Creek, Anchorage, Alaska in 0.8°C water in 36:31
1c!!!!!!!!
Shudder
PEAK MALE PERFORMANCE
Dude also crosses the Channel on a regular basis. Definitely one of the best athletes in human history.
- Cruce a Nado del Canal Beagle, 1.7 km between Chile and Uruguay
I would think the author confused 1. and 3. here and it should be Chile and Argentina
Bonne chance à l'ami Stève!