source: herald.ie By Anthony Barnes
Wednesday May 23 2012
TELEVISION adventurer Ben Fogle is taking on his most punishing challenge yet - swimming across the Atlantic Ocean.
The presenter will have to spend up to 12 hours a day in the water, swimming the equivalent of the Channel, to make it in his target of 100 days.
His 3,000-mile journey from the US to Cornwall will dwarf the gruelling achievement of comic David Walliams who swam much of the Thames last year.
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The 38-year-old presenter will swim the equivalent of the English Channel during 12 hour stints every day as he aims to complete his gruelling challenge in 100 days.
He admitted: ''I am daunted by the magnitude of this challenge but I have never been one to take the easy option.''
His 3,000-mile journey from the US to Cornwall will dwarf the incredible achievement of David Walliams, the comedian, who swam much of the Thames last year.
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source: dailynews.openwaterswimming
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