Story · Swim
Fisherman's night
6 km
Six kilometres in 5 °C water, at night.
Six kilometres. What one fisherman swam to live.
- It stands on
- 5000 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 5000 m swim
- Long swim
- About 1½ hours, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 4 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or riding counting as 30 minutes
- Swimming itself
- At least 3½ hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1984 an Icelandic fisherman swam about 6 km in 5 °C water after his boat capsized at night, then walked over lava to raise the alarm. Source: Keatinge et al. 1986, BMJ.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- 2500 m/
- 3000 m/
- 3800 m/
- 5000 m/
- Fisherman's night