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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 16 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Being parabolic, it looks like some significant drift current.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, given that the line is the tides? currents? If they adjusted their swimming angle to make the GPS line straight, I wonder if it would affect their time or energy expended. I think it wouldn't but whatcha think?

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh, I looked up a bit more about this — apparently the woman who swam this particular recorded route is disabled. As in she cannot physically use her legs.

Really cool stuff, but it's also a little misleading — look up Sophie Etheridge for more.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago
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