open water swimming – Charm

First woman to swim around Hong Kong’s Lantau Island defies her age

7 months ago02 mins

“Youth is overrated” is a mantra empowering open water swimmer Edie Hu to break records at 50 years of age. On November 20, the Hong Kong art dealer set off from the Disneyland Resort Pier to circumnavigate Lantau – Hong Kong’s largest island – in a tandem swim with friends Simon Holliday, 46, the founder…

Hong Kong has everything be top destination for world’s open water swimmers, Hu says

7 months ago02 mins

In the past several weeks, two of Hong Kong’s long-standing open water swimming records have fallen, and organisers of these testing events believe it could be just the beginning. With challenging currents, swirling seas and dramatic backdrops, the city has always been a draw for the adventurous, and one swimmer thinks it could soon become…