Which open-water swim would you choose? I recently read an article listing some of the world’s most challenging open water swims. Some of them are:

• The English Channel (First accomplished in 1875!)
• Alcatraz (San Francisco Bay)
• Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu (The original swim leg for the Ironman World Championship)
• Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (Known as the hardest city swim—look out for debris, choppy water, and lots of boats!)
• Ice Swimming (the world record for the most Southerly swim is in Antarctica!)
• Loch Ness (Lots of lore to accompany you while you swim…)
• Straits of Florida (Key West to Cuba, accomplished by only a few people, ever!)

So, if you were to become an open water swimmer like Libby McKenna, which of these would you aim for first?