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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River |
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From the Korea Times ...
Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon plans to participate in a swimming event next month that will be held as part of the city's annual spring festival.
Oh is actively considering swimming across the 1-km-wide Han River that bisects the city along with swimmers and ordinary citizens on the last day of the Hi Seoul Festival 2007, which runs from April 27 to May 6, city officials said.
Park Tae-hwan, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle competition at this year's World Swimming Championships, might join the mayor in the event, they added.
The Hi Seoul Festival has been held since 2003 to give local citizens and foreign tourists a glimpse into how the 600-year-old city has evolved.
Oh, a 46-year-old sports enthusiast, completed a triathlon involving swimming, bicycling and a marathon in 2004. |
I hope he keeps his mouth closed, or we'll need a new mayor. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hilarious 
If he completes it,I'd vote for him.If I could. |
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jinju
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| rothkowitz wrote: |
Hilarious
If he completes it,I'd vote for him.If I could. |
I did. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Cool!
I hope to find the footage on Youtube in the near future and I hope they wear wetsuits. The Han is dirrrttyyy!!! |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
From the Korea Times ...
Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon plans to participate in a swimming event next month that will be held as part of the city's annual spring festival.
Oh is actively considering swimming across the 1-km-wide Han River that bisects the city along with swimmers and ordinary citizens on the last day of the Hi Seoul Festival 2007, which runs from April 27 to May 6, city officials said.
Park Tae-hwan, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle competition at this year's World Swimming Championships, might join the mayor in the event, they added.
The Hi Seoul Festival has been held since 2003 to give local citizens and foreign tourists a glimpse into how the 600-year-old city has evolved.
Oh, a 46-year-old sports enthusiast, completed a triathlon involving swimming, bicycling and a marathon in 2004. |
I hope he keeps his mouth closed, or we'll need a new mayor. |
That Slovenian dude swam the entire Yangtze river into Shanghai. There are way dirtier rivers than the Han.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/208194/man_swims_the_entire_amazon_river_and.html |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone done the waterskiing or wakeboarding on the Han River? Just curious about quality of the riding and the price. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
From the Korea Times ...
Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon plans to participate in a swimming event next month that will be held as part of the city's annual spring festival.
Oh is actively considering swimming across the 1-km-wide Han River that bisects the city along with swimmers and ordinary citizens on the last day of the Hi Seoul Festival 2007, which runs from April 27 to May 6, city officials said.
Park Tae-hwan, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle competition at this year's World Swimming Championships, might join the mayor in the event, they added.
The Hi Seoul Festival has been held since 2003 to give local citizens and foreign tourists a glimpse into how the 600-year-old city has evolved.
Oh, a 46-year-old sports enthusiast, completed a triathlon involving swimming, bicycling and a marathon in 2004. |
I hope he keeps his mouth closed, or we'll need a new mayor. |
That Slovenian dude swam the entire Yangtze river into Shanghai. There are way dirtier rivers than the Han.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/208194/man_swims_the_entire_amazon_river_and.html |
Just finished the Amazon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6536283.stm |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It would be nice if he drowned before becoming president. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| It would be nice if he drowned before becoming president. |
Yeah.
Wrong guy. |
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ajgeddes
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Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| How the heck did that guy swim 50 miles a day for 66 straight days? That's nuts. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| How the heck did that guy swim 50 miles a day for 66 straight days? That's nuts. |
He let the current do all the work. The amazing thing isnt the distance its that he wasnt eaten alive by pirranhas or other nasty creatures in that river. |
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Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Joined: 01 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
From the Korea Times ...
Seoul Mayor to Swim Across Han River
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon plans to participate in a swimming event next month that will be held as part of the city's annual spring festival.
Oh is actively considering swimming across the 1-km-wide Han River that bisects the city along with swimmers and ordinary citizens on the last day of the Hi Seoul Festival 2007, which runs from April 27 to May 6, city officials said.
Park Tae-hwan, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle competition at this year's World Swimming Championships, might join the mayor in the event, they added.
The Hi Seoul Festival has been held since 2003 to give local citizens and foreign tourists a glimpse into how the 600-year-old city has evolved.
Oh, a 46-year-old sports enthusiast, completed a triathlon involving swimming, bicycling and a marathon in 2004. |
I hope he keeps his mouth closed, or we'll need a new mayor. |
That Slovenian dude swam the entire Yangtze river into Shanghai. There are way dirtier rivers than the Han.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/208194/man_swims_the_entire_amazon_river_and.html |
Wow. Must've been a tad lonely, being the only living organism in the whole river... |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone done the waterskiing or wakeboarding on the Han River? Just curious about quality of the riding and the price. |
Teukseom Resort, or basically a riverside concrete park on Oksu side of the Han, has a ski/wakeboard facility where you can learn. 30,000 per 10min. ride. Free gear. I forget the subway stop name.
I usually go down to Andong lake where they have a similar set-up in much cleaner water. Once I buy my car, I'll be investing in a windsurfing board and wetsuit which also can be done on the Han near the same area. |
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DanielP
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Anybody planning on swimming the river at that May Festival? My manager invited the foreign teachers and I to go for it with him. I'm seriously considering....
DannyP |
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