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I have suffered from asthma since the 5th grade. Now, at 50 years of age, I reflect on everything I endured with asthma: tubes placed in my ears as a kid, missing a semester in my freshman year due to pneumonia, bronchitis, and ear infections, and I had been continually […]

Karla: My Asthma Journey

February 18, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Health / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Celilo Park, Cascade Locks, OR — There must be hundreds of quiet places where we can swim along the lower Columbia River, both in Oregon and in Washington. But finding the right place for you can be a problem. Fortunately, our friends at Columbia Riverkeeper have done some of the homework for us. You will find […]

Columbia River Swim Spots

February 18, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Open Water by Joe Oakes

An underwater demolition team of the U.S. Navy pulling a rubber boat ashore atWŏnsan, North Korea, during a mis- sion to clear a minefield, October 1950. --U.S. Navy — While at Costco recently, I saw a man sitting on a chair, just waiting. The cap he was wearing said, “World War II Veteran: 1941-1945”. There are not many veterans of WWII alive anymore, so I stopped to chat with him about his experiences in the War. His name is […]

Non-SCUBA divers in World War II

February 18, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Special by Alice Zabudsky

Thank You

Thank Yous – March 2021

February 18, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Lynne Cox - Modern Day Hero — by Shannon Keegan My podcast (which is also published to my YouTube channel): Marathon Swim Stories was recently nominated for World of Open Water Swimming Association Offering of the Year! I recorded 70 interviews between April 2nd and December 22nd, 2020, no doubt buoying me through the turbulent times of the […]

MARATHON SWIM STORIES

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

Jeanna Summers — This is a little article about open water swimming. And we’ll start right off acknowledging that open water swimming is NOT for everyone. You know who you are. You don’t like weeds, fish, mud, and murky water. There are others of us who consider it just another version of the […]

OPEN WATER SWIMMING, SUMMER 2020

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Open Water / Open Water / Training by Jeanna Summers

Do you have New Year’s resolutions? You hit the ground like a bull New Year’s Day, then 2 weeks later, the inspiration slowly fades behind the layers of distraction, and, by February, most are fully reverted, with New Years a distant memory. A good background to begin this story, about […]

Janette and Alan’s Odyssey

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Joe Oakes — Swimming across the English Channel may be the Holy Grail of our sport. When we think of great challenges, Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, comes to mind. It remained unclimbed for centuries, but with advances in materials technology and with trained, expensive guides to hold your hand and carry […]

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Long Distance / Mental Training / Motivation / Open Water / Open Water / Open Water / Training by Joe Oakes

Lake Tahoe -- The Crew (from left) - Tom Linthicum (boat Captain), Sara Shepherd (kayak support), Christian Tujo (EPIC SWIMMER), Lee O'Connor (EPIC SWIMMER) & Trevor Williams (kayak support) — Swimming the length of Lake Tahoe takes skill, determination and a good support team. Christian Tujo and Lee O’Connor had just that, plus some extra brownies and a persistent seagull that stuck with them for at least 8 miles! In all seriousness, this was one EPIC swim and I was […]

Swimming the Length of Lake Tahoe

October 16, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Long Distance / Open Water by Sara Shepherd