British man rescued off French Atlantic coast after being overcome with Olympic mania and trying to - Polidicks

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/29/article-2180562-1446BC42000005DC-862_634x286.jpg[/img] [quote] A Londoner apparently in the grip of Olympic mania had to be rescued by lifeguards in the south of France after he set off from a beach - to swim to the U.S. The unnamed 34 year old holidaymaker told his friends on the beach at Biarritz that he was off to New York to carry the Olympic spirit across the Atlantic. They thought he was joking but knowing that he was a strong swimmer decided to let him go telling him that a boat would come to rescue him if he got into difficulty. Resort: A beach in Biarritz where a London decided he was going to swim to America Sand and sea: A Londoner was so enthused by the Olympics he set off from the beach at Biarritz to swim to New York Then, watched by lifeguards on the shore, he continued swimming until he was out of sight on his 3,594-mile journey. The lifeguards called out a helicopter and a diver dropped into the sea and explained to the man that it was not a good idea to swim across the Atlantic and advised him to head back towards France. In at the deep end: How far the Londoner would have had to swim from France to reach New York He replied that he was a strong swimmer and felt up to it. At the same time lifeguards arrived in a rescue dinghy and threw the eccentric a line before towing him back to the beach. Laurent Saintespes, senior officer at Biarritz airbase told Agence France Presse, ‘He was a bit naive.But at a time when the Olympics are taking place in London you have to see the funny side of things’. [/quote] Read more: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180562/Biarritz-beach-British-man-rescued-overcome-Olympic-mania-trying-swim-America.html#ixzz22CBQa2O6[/url] Fucking nuts

full retard

Natural Selection guys, nothing to see here

How far did he get?

Doesn't matter if you're a [I]prodigal[/I] swimmer. Sooner or later (often rather soon) exhaustion and/or the ever-lurking danger of cramps sets in, not to mention you'd die of dehydration/starvation.

I don't understand how some people believe it's even possible to do this without dying halfway through, it was hard enough for someone to swim to across the english channel.

I can't stop laughing It's not even that funny but the thought that someone would swim 3k to America is fucking hysterical.

Imagine if he actually pulled it off :v:

it would take months

I think that's physically impossible for a human to swim that far. Unless he's wearing a diving suit and a floatation device, he won't have enough calories to burn keeping him warm or afloat.

[QUOTE=rulssi;37016073]How far did he get?[/QUOTE] He got half way but got tired and swam back.

I feel like it'd be fun to do if you had a boat following you all the way through, like every mile you got on the boat, rested, and went on for the next mile, with the proper guidance equipment etc. Though I'd be scared of sharks and shit, so many miles away from humanity, and the ever lurking feeling of being watched above the abyss of the ocean...where anything could be under you and you'd never know...and oh god i'm scared

[QUOTE=Clementine;37016272]I feel like it'd be fun to do if you had a boat following you all the way through, like every mile you got on the boat, rested, and went on for the next mile, with the proper guidance equipment etc.[/QUOTE] IIRC someone did this but they swam the length of the Amazon river

[QUOTE=tom1029;37016259]He got half way but got tired and swam back.[/QUOTE] I heard he was 6 km away from the U.S. coast but started missing his home and thought "What the hell, I'll try it again some other day."

This is what happens when you give [url=http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/11/google-maps-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/]Google Maps[/url] to idiots.

Jesus. When I first read the title I thought he believed this commercial. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0e6q4vm4Rc[/media]

this man is keeping the colonial spirit alive god bless the queen

According to my calculations, if world's fastest swimmer [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rick_Bousquet]Frederick Bousquet[/url] went at top speed non-stop it would take him 28 days to complete this journey