View from the boat: a helper's experience of Abhejali's North Channel swim
Abhejali Bernardova became the first person from the Czech Republic to swim the North Channel on August 15th 2017 in 10 hours, 23min, 48 seconds. Crew member Dhavala Stott was kind enough to write a few words telling us what it was like to be on the...
An interview with our eleven-time Channel swimmer, Karteek Clarke
Hiyamallar Shalom spent a few days with our eleven-time Channel Swimmer Karteek Clarke in his Edinburgh home, and pressed him for a few stories about his Channel swimming feats: ...
Abhejali's Robben Island swim - a helper's view
Abhejali Bernardova from the Czech Republic completed the swim from Robben Island to Cape Town in South Africa. Stacey Marsh was assisting her from the boat and gives this account: ...
Zurich Marathon Lake Swim report 2015
Channel Swimmer Vasanti Niemz participates in this year's swim, and gives the following report: ...
Inspiring stories on other sites
Many of the links below come from channel-triathlon.com by Vasanti Niemz and Karteek Clarke's personal site http://www.karteekclarke.com ...
Swimming for Peace - Golden Jubilee EC Relay, Sept. 2014
I was extremely fortunate to have the incredible opportunity to be part of a 4-person NZ/Czech relay swim of the English Channel. Our swim was dedicated to Sri Chinmoy’s 50 years of service in the West, so our official name was the Sri Chinmoy Golden...
Angikar's English Channel Triathlon 2014
September 6-11, 2014, our Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team member Angikar Djordjevic from Ni š , Serbia, achieved a new English Channel Triathlon - swimming (EC solo no 2!), cycling and running all the way from Dover to Heidelberg in Germany....
Karteek Clark swims English Channel for the eleventh time, July 2014
July 30, 2014 - Karteek Clarke, member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon and Swimming Team swam the slowest and toughest of his 11 Channel crossings on 30 July (19 hours and 1 minute). He is indeed a champion of champions. Looking at the map of his...
Vijaya Claxton - the oldest American woman to swim the Channel
An account of C. Vijaya Claxton's successful English Channel crossing. ...
Swimming the channel and the perfect combination of wind and tide.
Karteek Clarke recalls his first channel swim in 1997 ...
Two swimmers vs. The English Channel
An amusing account of two crossings by veteran Channel crew member Devashishu Torpy. August 10, 2003 ...
When your arms get tired, you can't take the Chunnel
This article was contributed by Joseph A. Harriss ...