Boris Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-44371871/ben-lecomte-s-bid-to-be-the-first-to-swim-the-pacific-ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Yet another example of occurrences which all go to prove the the rectitude of my claim that "They are not all locked up yet". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 The best of British with that. I can only hope he makes it but for some reason I don't think he will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Please sponsor me in my latest plan to ascend mount Everest in the nude on a space hopper. It's about the only thing I could come up with that was any more ridiculous than swanning about in the pacific for six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 If I spend 15 minutes in a bath I come out all wrinkled like a prune. God knows what he will look like after 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, AlanHo said: If I spend 15 minutes in a bath I come out all wrinkled like a prune. God knows what he will look like after 6 months He is going to be wearing a wet suit Alan which means only his hands and ankles are going to look like a prune, that is if the Sharks dont get them first. There again he may be wearing gloves which will only leave his ankles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Gandalph said: He is going to be wearing a wet suit Alan which means only his hands and ankles are going to look like a prune, that is if the Sharks dont get them first. There again he may be wearing gloves which will only leave his ankles. I was under the impression that wet suits - in accordance with their name - are designed to let water in, allowing your body to heat it up and thus keep you warm. The rubber suit acts an insulator against the cold. I wore a wet suit when I swam the full width of the Oxford canal and got soaking wet in the process. Perhaps I forgot to tie it tigh enough round my ankles, wrists and neck..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 You're spot on, to avoid wrinkled prune syndrome he needs a Dry suit, to protect him from sharks he needs a metal layer that will protect him and preferably lift him out of harms way. They are available as combined devices known as boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, AlanHo said: I was under the impression that wet suits - in accordance with their name - are designed to let water in, allowing your body to heat it up and thus keep you warm. The rubber suit acts an insulator against the cold. I wore a wet suit when I swam the full width of the Oxford canal and got soaking wet in the process. Perhaps I forgot to tie it tigh enough round my ankles, wrists and neck..... You could be right Alan, especially if you bought it from ebay. Some people will sell you anything on there just to get rid of them and make a few bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 He must be stark staring bonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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