Cristian Vergara Easter Island

david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member
edited March 2019 in Cheering Section

Yes.... THAT Easter Island.
This is pretty exciting for those of us that know Cristian and have know he has been planning this swim for quite a while.
http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2016/10/cristian-vergaras-easter-island.html?m=1

...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

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Comments

  • JaimieJaimie NYCMem​ber

    I already can't stand the suspense and we still have a month to wait!!! So exciting!

    suziedods
  • wendyv34wendyv34 Vashon, WASenior Member

    What a cool idea for a swim!

    suziedods

    It's always a bad hair day when you work at a pool.

  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    Thank you Cristian for using track.rs

    https://track.rs/easterislandswim

    j9swimIronMikekejoycesuziedodsgregocDanSimonellirlmMvG
  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member

    IMG_2956
    Photo by Josef Koppelman

    evmoDanSimonelliJaimie

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • malinakamalinaka Seattle, WACharter Member

    Did you mean...
    45PKS3XBPT0M

    evmodavid_barraIronMikegregocSydneDssthomaswendyv34DanSimonellirosemarymintSolorlmJaimieKatieBun

    I don't wear a wetsuit; it gives the ocean a sporting chance.

  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member

    Word is: Splash on Friday

    SydneDsuziedodsDanSimonelligregocssthomas

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member

    IMG_2968

    kejoyceaafairmanJaimierosemarymintDanSimonelli

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    Swim just started ~10am Eastern.

    https://track.rs/easterislandswim

    ssthomasslknightgregocsuziedodsrosemarymint
  • JaimieJaimie NYCMem​ber

    So exciting!!! This is amazing!!!

  • Uhm.. I'm not seeing any movement? Assume it's lack of connectivity??

  • gregocgregoc Charter Member

    SPOT is down. Bad dog!

    Lynnesuziedodsemkhowley
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    SPOT tracker on the boat is not connecting to the satellite. track.rs map cannot update if SPOT is not sending any data.

    I have been texting with the crew, trying to troubleshoot.

    gregockejoyce
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited November 2016

    Update from crew: the SPOT apparently got wet, so they are drying it out and replacing the batteries.

    In the meantime, they sent me Cristian's lat/lon coordinates (as of 1:55pm Eastern), which I manually added to the track.rs map.

    All the trackpoints between 1100am and 155pm are extrapolated, to show the presumed/approximate route.

    suziedodsrosemarymint
  • andissandiss Senior Member

    Im more posting here to bump up a cool swim in progress! just looked at the tracker! Looks class!

  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member

    Update
    IMG_0438

    evmoIronMikeaafairmanDanSimonellitimsrootViveBene

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    "Two is one and one is none" -- love it!!

    ssthomastimsrootkejoycesuziedodsemkhowleyMvG
  • JaimieJaimie NYCMem​ber

    Update from Joe Koppelman at 2pm:

    Hi, swim family, Cristian called it, as he'd ingested too much salt water (the seas here are very saline) he couldn't feed anymore based on a raw throat. His effort was extraordinary & I'm very proud to have been a part of this. As Capri said "hell of a test swim". His first words:"I'm sorry, guys". Amazing. 26:52 swim time.

    suziedodsViveBeneIronMikephodgeszohoMvGKatieBun
  • JaimieJaimie NYCMem​ber

    “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited November 2016

    Poseidon bless you, Cristian.

    What an extraordinary attempt.... one of the major "great white whales" of solo marathon swimming remaining on this Earth.

    wendyv34david_barrapavlicovsuziedodsDanSimonellithelittlemerwookieemkhowleyssthomascurlyViveBeneIronMikeDocScottMvGAlex_Arevalo
  • It breaks my heart to hear someone say "I'm sorry" and yet.. and yet..
    THAT is true sportsmanship.

    Tonnes of love, well done.. well organized, thought out and a valiant attempt.
    Thank you for planting the idea! It is possible.. just not yet.

    DanSimonellithelittlemerwookieemkhowleyssthomascurlyevmoJaimieViveBeneSydneDMvGKatieBun
  • DanSimonelliDanSimonelli San Diego CASenior Member
    edited November 2016

    Somebody wrote "LBE" in a comment.
    (Lead By Example)
    Love that!

    And that certainly, absolutely applies Christian Vergara and Team!
    =D>

    thelittlemerwookiesuziedodsssthomasJaimieIronMikeaafairmanMvGrosemarymintAlex_ArevaloKatieBun
  • curlycurly Issaquah, WASenior Member

    I'm so sorry he was unsuccessful in his first attempt. This shows how hard these swims really are, in contrast to the other thread with the attempt to ride a boat across the Atlantic. There is certainly nothing for him to be sorry about. If it was easy someone would have already done it.

    JaimieDeemapavlicovViveBeneIronMikeaafairmanDocScottssthomasrosemarymintkejoyceKatieBun
  • MvGMvG MauritiusCharter Member

    Full transparency before, during and after the swim. No fiddling the rules. No crazy claims. More than 26 hours of swimming (holy cr*p...). Phenomenal test swim indeed. I take my hat off to Christian Vergara.

    ssthomasaafairmanevmorosemarymintcurlypavlicovIronMikeKatieBun
  • LouiseLouise central PennsylvaniaMember

    cheers to Cristian and team !!!!

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