Stensö to Färjestaden - the ocean way
In the beginning of the summer, me and Carl had been joking about swimming from Kalmar to öland. The shortest distance is between Stora rör and Revsudden (3km). However, due to some infrastructural issues, the boat we had access to was places at Stensö and it was to far to drive to a start at Revsudden. So we thought, maybe I could just swim from Stensö across to whatever was on the other side, ie Färjestaden. Worst thing that could happen would be that I got tired and had to take the boat the last little bit. So here we are, at the start, with the castle in the background:
Would guess the water temp was around 20-22 degrees and the winds were shifting from between 0-2m/s. A perfect day for it =)
Filters can make the Swedish water look like Australian =)
The distance was apparently 8.13km and it took me just under 3hrs to complete this. The last bit was tough as Andreas had estimated it to be 500m left when in reality it was just over 2km left. I kept swimming but Farjestaden didn't seem to come any closer. The wetsuit had also started to rub alot on my neck and shoulders. Putting anticeptic cream on the wounds now is incredibly painful =S but still worth it ofcourse =)
Getting my cold and raisin like feet warmed up =)
The swim uploaded from my Garmin. The longest swim I had done in open water before was abt 2km. The longest I have ever swum before is 4km. But that was in a pool with rest etc between. So def a new PB. I wonder what I have to do to beat this now. Suggestions?
