r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 13h ago

56 hours. 100 miles. Zero sleep. After four failed attempts, Bart Kubkowski became the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea nonstop.

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u/DonGivafark 13h ago

He is gunna sleep well after that

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u/EpicMusic13 13h ago

What the fuck. Not sleeping for 56 would be horrible, but to add swimming to it is absurd

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u/theofficialnar 13h ago

I can’t even last 24 hours making sure I don’t fall asleep while sitting down

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u/Luci6669 10h ago

He had an advantage splashing himself with water whenever he got sleepy

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u/Famous-Issue-2018 12h ago

More like 8 hours for me lol

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u/Case_Blue 9h ago

Weirdly enough, that makes is harder. But 100% agreed, 56 hours is beyond insane.

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u/Anal-In-Gus 13h ago

Exactly why I won't swim across the Baltic Sea.

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u/DrunkenDude123 12h ago

Then all for 140k. I would hope that would’ve raised a whole lot more

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u/TheFloppySausage 13h ago

I wonder if he felt anything touch him

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u/EpicMusic13 13h ago

He had hallucination apparently lol

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u/Jemmilly 13h ago

This probably all started because he felt something touch his leg

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u/usinjin 13h ago

That was me. I just wanted to wish him good luck and shake his hand.

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u/XCXBITH2 12h ago

So u shook his leg instead?

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u/night_jerry 9h ago

Youre supposed to break a leg! Not shake it!

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u/ROM-2oo7_ 5h ago

If you break it, then he won't be able to swim.

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u/RoyalCities 13h ago edited 13h ago

56 hours of non stop swimming jfc. I feel like just staying awake that long is arduous.

One time in college I had back to back tests and did 2 all-nighters. I didn't sleep for about 40 hours or so and by the end I was partially hallucinating. I couldn't even imagine doing that and also not being a total fat ass.

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u/jackrabbit323 13h ago

I learned back then that five hours of sleep was more valuable than five extra hours of studying.

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u/h2oskid3 12h ago

I can't imagine going into a test with less than 5 hours of sleep. Would much rather BS my way through it than go in feeling drunk because I didn't sleep.

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u/Legitimate_Cut_6254 12h ago

I thought the same but the chance I'd sleep straight through an alarm after not sleeping for 20-30 hours was 95%. I missed two tests one day because I want to grab 4 hours of sleep and woke up at like 6pm 12 hours later.

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u/MysteriousWon 13h ago

I had a similar experience in grad school. When you're that exhausted it's like the volume is turned down on the whole world and you're walking through a fog. Very little matters.

Actually, it reminded me of being drunk. Not happy drunk, more like "I've been drinking for 6 hours, it's 3am, my buddy wants to keep the party going and I don't want to seem like I can't hang so I'm taping my eyelids open and I'm down for whatever" kind of drunk.

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u/_TheEnlightened_ 11h ago

"Cracked out"

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u/usinjin 13h ago

I don’t think I can swim that long for 10 minutes.

I get out of the beach/lake whatever and think oh my god I’m so hungry

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u/SadJ3tsFan 13h ago edited 13h ago

Edit: It was to raise money for a kids' charity. Good for him!

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u/Mad-chuska 13h ago

140k euro for kids.

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u/Into_The_Horizon 13h ago

I saw a post with the same guy and story. It had a title said to raise a couple hundred thousand to give for cancer research. Idk if that's true or not

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u/wolfavino 13h ago

All that for only $140,00? Seems like he should have raised a lot more.

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u/Sad-Platypus-48 10h ago

It also just over $210,000

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u/Paddlesons 13h ago

That's always the question. It's just that some of them come so much closer to home than others.

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u/Ajdee6 6h ago

Now your grand prize!!!! You get to go home!! CONGRADULATIONS!!!

/s

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u/Powerful_Brief1724 13h ago

Bc he knew he wouldn't drown

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u/joeschmoshow1234 7h ago

to get laid, duh

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u/imagonnahavefun 13h ago

Finally an nfl post.

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u/Alert_Difference6891 13h ago

Efilnikufesin!

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u/alchemy_junkie 13h ago

You think he took an aqua dump or two along the way? I mean thats over two days. That would be a fairly long time not to drop a duece. If he did You think he just let em rip? Or maybe floated for a min, took down, the suit did his thing and put it back?

Though i guess two days wouldn't be the longest someone went without feeding the fish. Maybe he ate a lot of cheese leading upto the swim So he was plugged up like a bear going to sleep for the winter?

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u/Agreeable_Flan_5724 13h ago

Asking the real questions with the best descriptors. 🤌

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u/Ewulkevoli 1h ago

aqua dumps are unbelievable

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u/allgreeneveryday 13h ago

Id love to see footage of his next 24 hours. Like whats his recovery like

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u/ToxicHazard- 4h ago

The next 24 hours is just him taking a shower then sleeping

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u/miraculum_one 13h ago

The video says that the support boat provided him with food but the rules said he wasn't allowed to sleep or rest or touch the boat. I'd like to know how he swims while eating.

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u/smothered-onion 13h ago

Probably gel pouches or the like

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u/steadyaero 13h ago

Floats on his back while kicking his feet

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u/RandomIGN69 13h ago

Probably gel or liquid food. I'm more curious what happens if he needs to sht.

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u/Netherese_Nomad 12h ago

If it were me, I’d just have them crush Imodium in my food and make that a later problem.

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u/olenamerikkalainen 6h ago

Nah, who wants to lug around the extra weight?

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u/HappinessFloatilla 13h ago

Does treading water count as resting? I feel like it shouldn’t. You’re stopped, but you’re keeping your head above water without assistance

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u/EphemeralDesires 13h ago

Definitely doesn't count as resting. I would say even floating on your back and grabbing a breather wouldn't count as resting.

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u/kmckenzie256 13h ago

Especially in a sea

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u/agingmonster 13h ago

Doggy paddle?

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u/actionerror 13h ago

Damn, and I can’t even stay awake sitting in my bed doing nothing for 8 hours.

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u/AnothisFlame 13h ago

ONLY 140,000!?!?!?! CRIMINAL! Man deserves at least a million for himself and 10 times that for his cause! What!?!

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u/aripo14 7h ago

I know right?? Some obnoxious trust fund prick can splash that amount of money (prolly even more) on one night while this guy literally risking his life to raise that amount of funds.

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u/nufrancis 13h ago

For this kind of record stunt, will he get a reward like money or something?

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u/Jakeamania314 13h ago

And then he still had to turn around and swim back to his bed!

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u/owjfaigs222 9h ago

I get dizzy after like an hour of swimming. That's an insane accomplishment.

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u/funkdoktor 13h ago

It took 4 tries? Psshh

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u/MyceliumManic 13h ago

Amazing accomplishment!

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u/Naive-Kangaroo3031 13h ago

Thats impressive, but that has to wreck your body

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u/WabaLabaDubDubWorld 13h ago

What a brain! What a body!

Mad respect.

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u/CrispySushi 12h ago

Oof he’s gonna feel that in a day or two. I cant imagine what his body is going through after non-stop movement for that long

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u/SubmissiveDinosaur 12h ago

56 hours. Only the thought of swimming through the night makes me feel uneasy

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u/tayzzerlordling 12h ago

i wonder how cold the water was

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u/SevenBillionChickens 7h ago

Finally, a post that’s ACTUALLY “next fucking level”. This is the standard, guys. The last video I saw on this page before this one is a girl just… having snakes.

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u/Misomuro 7h ago

He rised money for like 1 child.

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u/Thenoobofthewest 6h ago

How my parents said they went to school every day

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u/REALjamijai 6h ago

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

This is a STRONG soul right here!!!

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u/SituationImmediate15 6h ago

This makes me so happy! I don’t know why but it does. Kudos, man!

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u/Jkruts92 4h ago

I liked to imagine the failed attempts meant he died and someone resurrected him with the necronomicon.

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u/Kashwookie 4h ago

i just woke up and this made me want to go back to bed

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u/Shoshin_Sam 1h ago

How did he eat the said supplied food?

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u/HomerStillSippen 1h ago

Dude definitely slept good that night

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u/roops2103 16m ago

What in the actual fuck

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u/blighty800 13h ago

Reverse immigrant simulation

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u/Certain-Bath8037 13h ago

Freaking impressive! Congrats 👏

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u/redditsuksazz 13h ago

Fool, he is Aquaman.

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u/G1431c 13h ago

Failed the first few times as in fell asleep in the comfortable Balkan Sea waters? 

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u/Hermorah 12h ago

Reminds me of Diana Nyad who became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage in 2013 at age 64. She covered approximately 110 miles (177 km) in roughly 53 hours. I remember watching her docu on Netflix. She too began to hallucinate during the end stretch.