Open Water Swimmers Take It To The Extreme with Ice Miles, Channel Swims and Marathon Swims
American Gordon Gridley completed a 26-minute Ice Mile in December 2013 in the Great Salt Lake , Utah in 1.19°C water and 6°C air at 1,000 meters altitude in December 2013. A half year later, he conceived of the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming (or FTC), a term reserved for individuals who complete both the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and an Ice Mile , demonstrating both endurance in swimming marathon distances and extreme cold water swimming. To date, the following individuals are Frosted Triple Crowners : 1. Craig Lenning (USA) achieved in July 2011 2. Elaine Kornbau Howley (USA) achieved in December 2012 3. Ned Denison (Ireland) achieved in February 2013 4. Gordon Gridley (USA) - FTC achieved in June 2014 5. Ciaran Byrne (Ireland) achieved in July 2014 6. Colleen Blair (Scotland) achieved in February 2015 7. Jaimie Monahan (USA) achieved in March 2015 8. Helen Beveridge (Scotland) achieved in June 2015 9. Sarah Thomas (USA) achieved in...