Story · Swim
Between the monsters
3.5 km
Swim the strait of Scylla and Charybdis.
Swim 3.5 km. Sicily to Calabria.
- It stands on
- Swim to Antarctica
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Swim to Antarctica
- Weekly distance
- About 3.5 km of swimming a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long swim
- 2.6 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Swim to Antarctica counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
Ancient tradition placed Odysseus's passage between Scylla and Charybdis in the Strait of Messina. The poem itself does not name it. The classic swim crosses about 3.5 km from Sicily to Calabria. Source: Sapienza University of Rome.
The ladder
- Ice mile/
- Swim to Antarctica/
- Between the monsters