Paran River

This was the 2nd leg of my 6 continental swims around the world. This swim was 60kms long and we had for most of the swim a 8kms current behind me. The hardest part of this swim for both me and my paddler was that every hour a 100 foot barge would come up the river against us. To avoid this barge I would have to swim across the river and then swim back across the river to continue my swim, this added a lot to the swim. The last hour of my swim was even harder for my paddler in that it was dark and I eventually finished my swim just before the next barge was coming up the river.