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How To Swim Across The Strait Of Gibraltar
ACNEG ^ | February 15, 2019 | ACNEG

Posted on 08/06/2020 10:03:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv


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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; gibraltar; godsgravesglyphs; navigation
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Sofia Psilolignou from Greece, swam between the two continents (from Tarifa in Spain to a coast of Morocco) on 9/9/2009

Sofia Psilolignou from Greece, swam between the two continents (from Tarifa in Spain to a coast of Morocco) on 9/9/2009

1 posted on 08/06/2020 10:03:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

2 posted on 08/06/2020 10:03:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr00FBpNqSQ)
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To: SunkenCiv

How To Swim Across The Strait Of Gibraltar.

Let someone else do it?


3 posted on 08/06/2020 10:05:35 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: SunkenCiv

Why don’t Africans do this?......................


4 posted on 08/06/2020 10:05:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'...........................)
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I got thinking about this because of the metal detecting coin find topic, which naturally made me think of a story I'd heard from an English-born guy who paid for his vacation in Gibraltar by free-diving for lost Rolexes off Gibraltar (he was also a metal detectorist, and a little shady). And the video linked below contributed to the idea for this topic, which is really a connection with prehistoric navigation.
Now Hear This: Scarlatti Man Out of Time

Now Hear This: Scarlatti Man Out of Time

5 posted on 08/06/2020 10:07:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr00FBpNqSQ)
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To: Red Badger

Blacks don’t swim. Have you seen the Summer Olympics?...


6 posted on 08/06/2020 10:07:36 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SunkenCiv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYClOcZsCg


7 posted on 08/06/2020 10:08:19 AM PDT by Reily
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To: SunkenCiv

“The first thing you must know before swim across the Strait of Gibraltar is this challenge have experienced a boom over the last few years.”

Ah, the ESL “journalists” who aren’t up to speed enough to be given the Crucify Trump & Family jobs.


8 posted on 08/06/2020 10:14:04 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: SunkenCiv
The shortest distance across the strait is nearly 8 miles, so swimmers better be in peak physical condition.
My brother and I swam across Hood Canal in Washington state for our Boy Scout mile swim patch back in 1966 - Dad accompanied us in a rowboat just in case.
9 posted on 08/06/2020 10:15:57 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Shoot low - they're riding Shetland Ponies.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Step 1. Know how to swim.
Step 2. Swim.
Step 3. While swimming, don’t get ran over by a ship or boat.
Step 4. While swimming, don’t get eaten by a shark.
Step 5. While swimming, don’t drown.
Step 6. While swimming, aim for other side of the strait.
Step 7. Swim all the way to other side of strait.
Suggestion: Try to swim to other side of strait, straight.


10 posted on 08/06/2020 10:18:56 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: SunkenCiv

Funny how thoughts can string together into odd destinations, ain’t it.


11 posted on 08/06/2020 10:20:26 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: SunkenCiv

i tried this once... made it halfway and got tired and had to swim back


12 posted on 08/06/2020 10:23:27 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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To: Grimmy; SunkenCiv

You forgot to mention the tides that can take a swimmer into either the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean.


13 posted on 08/06/2020 10:23:27 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

You forgot to mention the tides that can take a swimmer into either the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean.

************

Oh well. The pamphlet has been printed and is out for distribution.

We’re just gonna have to pretend that the tides aren’t an issue.

Lets not forget to set up a dead-end loop to the complaint process.


14 posted on 08/06/2020 10:26:33 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: GreyFriar
You forgot to mention the tides that can take a swimmer into either the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, I would think the currents would cause significant difficulties.

15 posted on 08/06/2020 10:30:06 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: GreyFriar
Shh! There are some people I'm trying to get rid of.

16 posted on 08/06/2020 10:33:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s a really interesting website. I love how it says - if you swim only 2 KM/H, you will not make it!


17 posted on 08/06/2020 10:33:54 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Grimmy
It's like taking a little vacation. :^)

18 posted on 08/06/2020 10:34:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: teeman8r
Yeah, I did too, I probably should have booked a flight to Gibraltar instead.

19 posted on 08/06/2020 10:34:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: PGR88
That's what the slow ones get for using the metric system! /jk

20 posted on 08/06/2020 10:35:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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