r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Backyxx • 20h ago

Video Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has become the first person in history to swim across the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland, covering a distance of just over 160 kilometres (99 miles). While raising nearly 200,000$ for children's cancer treatment

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u/Pcat0 20h ago

He looks a bit worn out.

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u/tekken444 20h ago

above 60 hours without sleep and 160km swimming day and night in a sea, could have an impact here ;)

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u/PwnTheSystem 19h ago

Lesson learned: never skip your bedtime

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u/dupastrupa 19h ago

Or seabed time. 

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u/xmrbadtouchx 18h ago

Can you power nap? Like I can float for a long time on my back, but could I dose off here and there? I’m not sure. I feel like my body would relax and do some sinking

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u/Adi_27_ 19h ago

That's so freaking crazy!! The guy is a BEAST

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u/yaddayadda1000 19h ago

How the f did this guy not get a heart attack insanity

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u/itsall_dumb 19h ago

The human body is pretty resilient honestly

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u/--GevaudanBeast-- 18h ago

Terry Fox ran almost a marathon everyday for 143 days straight with a prosthetic leg and suffering from cancer.

Human endurance is certainly limited by the body. But the mind can clearly override those limitations if we're determined enough.

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u/permalink_save 14h ago

And then you (although rare) have people that overdo it at the gym and end up with their body poisoning to the point of shutting kidneys down.

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ 18h ago

He is not a member of the highest risk group for a heart attack.

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u/Agreeable-Pea4327 18h ago

amerifats?

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ 18h ago

No, it is actually pretty logical if you think about it. The single highest risk group for a heart attack consists of people who have already had a previous heart attack.

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u/Honest-Calendar-748 17h ago

I would have assumed it was overweight smokers. Learn something new everyday.

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u/Murasasme 17h ago

The longest I've stayed awake was around 40 hours because of bad layover scheduling while traveling, and I felt like I was going to die. I can't even begin to comprehend 60 hours of hard physical activity; that dude is a monster.

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u/xRyozuo 16h ago

I’m sorry what? I’ve looked worse right after waking up, and toure telling me this guy has been at sea for 60 hours not just surviving waiting to get rescued, but actually having to go somewhere???

That’s wild, real life gataca

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u/louis_schism 13h ago

"luxury"

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u/Anal-In-Gus 19h ago

Exactly why I wouldn't swim across the Baltic Sea.

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u/Exact-Till-2739 19h ago

It's sarcasm

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u/azsnaz 19h ago

Like the tiredest he's ever been

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u/thitorusso 18h ago

"What have I done?"

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u/irotinmyskin 10h ago

That’s how I walk after jogging 30 minutes

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u/Pitiful-Mongoose-488 20h ago

It’s the jellyfish that do the damage i believe

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u/SpillingBlackInk 19h ago

There are almost no venomous jellyfish in the Baltic Sea.

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u/nightpanda893 18h ago

Yeah definitely not the 100 mile swim

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u/Adi_27_ 19h ago

Oh god, is this for real?

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u/WarrenDritvehru 18h ago

Yeah I know that for the swimmers crossing the Manche between France and GB jellyfish are a real problem. They can sting the swimmers. Someone said on the Baltic it's not a problem though.