Captain Webb started it all

Here's a cool link to article about Captain Webb, the trail blazer of swimming the English Channel in 1875, that's a long time ago.

 

 
 

 

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/140-years-ago-captain-matthew-webb-swam-the-english-channel-and-made-swimming-cool?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=2bbdd98a4a-Newsletter_8_25_20158_24_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-2bbdd98a4a-59887937&ct=t(Newsletter_8_25_20158_24_2015)&mc_cid=2bbdd98a4a&mc_eid=1d34508e8f