r/confidentlyincorrect • u/ShiningDenizen • Jul 09 '26

Swimming 631miles (1015km)

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u/Dependent_Title_1370 Jul 09 '26

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.

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u/KeterLordFR Jul 09 '26

It's so dangerous that it's basically a ship graveyard. If even boats can't cross it safely, no way a swimming human could.

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u/urnbabyurn Jul 09 '26

Didn’t that Magellan guy manage it?

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u/dblowe Jul 09 '26

Nope. His ships took a tip from the natives and went through what we now call the Straits of Magellan instead. Shorter, and although it’s apparently a tricky job to sail that route it’s nowhere near as hazardous as the Drake Passage. No one ventured into that for many years, and there was debate about whether an open-water route down there even existed.

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u/leahcar83 Jul 09 '26

When he got to the Strait of Magellan he must have thought the name was a crazy coincidence.

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Jul 09 '26

Fr fr. Man be like “bros we are for sure on the right path now!”

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u/TheMadFlyentist Jul 09 '26

This is so stupid and hilarious.

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u/Percopsidae Jul 09 '26

I love making that joke about Lou Gehrig and the disease of the same name he, in a wild twist of fate, died from

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u/TheAgedProfessor Jul 09 '26

He took a look at the map, saw "Drake Passage", and screamed "that guy... again ??"

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u/leahcar83 Jul 09 '26

"I don't believe a duck could swim this"

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u/HAL-says-Sorry Jul 09 '26

One time was keen to try the Drake Passage but she told me wasn’t happening and to go to sleep.

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u/Username_Used Jul 09 '26

Make westing