Teen becomes youngest to swim from Northern Ireland to Scotland
It took Oscar 16 hours and 38 minutes to finish his record-breaking swim.As if swimming for that amount of time wasn't enough, he also had jellyfish to deal with.He said he was stung by the creatures around 20 times during the crossing.Understandably, he said there were points that he thought "why am I doing this?".
Oscar got support from a boat during the swim to make sure he was safe and heading the right way.With strong currents this can be quite tricky, they were that strong during the swim, that it meant he actually swam a total of 46km (28.5 miles).He said there were points he would look up to see if he was any closer to Scotland and he simply wasn't, he added "it was more of a mental challenge than an actual physical challenge".To top it all off, once he reached the shore and was finally standing, he found out he had to swim back to the boat as the water was too shallow to dock close to the shore.Even after all that, he says "it was all worth it in the end".
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