Here is a good one… courtesy Jen Alexander.
Jen is from Halifax and we met in Dover in 2006 when we both attempted (unsuccessfully!) to cross the English Channel. She has gone on to do some other great swims though, including one I’d like to do… the Northumberland Strait… from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island! A great Canadian swim, check it out in openwaterpedia. http://openwaterpedia.com/index.php?title=Northumberland_Strait
Anyway, Jen is also a swimming-math-geek… which of course, I find very interesting too! Using some basic trigonometry she’s calculated a way to figure out how far you are from a given tall landmark when you are doing a big swim… just using the width of your fingers!
I call it the “How much further” calculation!!! Check it out…
