Not many of us can imagine that people would swim in the Yangtze river by choice. As today’s news spreads across the world of coronavirus starting in Wuhan, China, we look back 16 years to when our founder, Martin Strel, swam the length of this Chinese waterway. While swimming the river day after day he…
Swimming in the Soca river in Slovenia is a fantastic experience not to be missed. Most people swim only in the summer months June - September due to its warmer temperature. Soca has a special emerald green colour and it can be very pleasant to have a dip or a proper swim in the summer.…
Stan Lee’s documentary about Martin Strel, SUPERHUMANS - FISH MAN, hits 1.3 million views on Youtube This Superhumans documentary is about our founder, Martin Strel. Stan Lee's Superhumans TV series was first aired on the History Channel. Stan Lee was a renowned comic book creator and is remembered for creating many iconic Marvel superheroes including…
Swimming the length of big rivers is not something you read about very often. The reason is pretty simple, not many people do it. Our founder, Martin Strel ,was the first person who swam the entire length of the Mississippi. Martin swam for 68 days in a row from 4th July - 9th September, 2002 .…
The only man in the world who has swum 5 greatest rivers on the planet, including the Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Parana and Danube, four times Guinness world record breaker and unique individual Martin Strel (Big River Man) is coming to Switzerland. Martin´s motto is "Swimming for peace, friendship and clean waters". Switzerland is one of…
Check out world´s greatest adventure seekers and stunt makers. Adventure has no limits and for some people it is a way living, achieving the impossible or just trying out what the human body can do. Some or all of these stunts take your breath away. Here below we feature top 10 most extreme adventure stunts…
10 years ago legendary swimmer Martin Strel (Big River Man) swam the entire length of the America´s mighty Mississippi River. Later on he also conquered the improbable lengths and dangers of the Amazon, Yangtze, Danube and Paraná rivers and became the first human ever to have swum all 5 of the greatest rivers on the…
Training tips from the first man to ever swim the length of the Amazon River. 1) In 2007, aged 52, Slovenian Martin Strel became the first man to swim the length of the Amazon. See www.amazonswim.com 2) “Swimming for 12 hours a day, I’d burn 10,000-12,000 calories (42,000-50,000 kilojoules). Food was really important. I’d eat…
We are proudly announcing our new swimming vacation tour location in Arizona (Unites States). Lake Powell on the Colorado river offers an incredible venue for our new swimming vacation tours. This amazing lake on the border of Arizona and Utah was created by the construction of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. We were lucky to…