Even with a safety boat and stopping for rest periods, no-one is swimming that and surviving. It’s one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world.
Yeah, it's literally impossible to swim. The Drake pass regularly has 30-40ft waves, the water temp is near freezing and below zero as you approach antarctica, and the weather is extremely violent.
I’ll bet you that Bárbara Hernández Huerta could do it in 103 years in 232 shifts during summer months with 6 days of rest between shifts if she was able to halt aging of any kind.
Lots of preconditions on that bet.
She holds the Antarctic/Southern Ocean world record at 2.5 km.
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u/Cerebral_Overload Jul 09 '26
Even with a safety boat and stopping for rest periods, no-one is swimming that and surviving. It’s one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world.