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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Liffey Swim 2019
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 06:15:07 +0200
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Having just visited Dublin last month, the locations are now familiar to me 
:-)

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 6 Aug 2019, at 01:24, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Here are some images from the Liffey Swim - a 2.2 kilometre race that for 
> the past 100 years has made its way down the river Liffey as it passes 
> through the centre of Dublin on its way to the Irish Sea. As the river is 
> not exactly the cleanest place to swim, although it is the most iconic, 
> the races are held when the tide is high, and thus pollution is minimised. 
> An old joke goes "How many prizes are there in the Liffey Swim? First 
> Prize, Second Prize, and everybody in the race gets the Turd Prize".
> 
> There are two separate races for men and women as the races are handicaps 
> and can become a bit of a melee passing under the twelve bridges on the 
> course. With the handicapping system, the slowest go first, and the 
> fastest last, so the aim is to have all the swimmers arriving at the 
> finish line at the Customs House together. While such a scenario never 
> actually happens, this can create a problem going under those bridges 
> where the span is made up of narrow and low arches. Legs and arms trash in 
> the competitive frenzy. Goggles and swim hats can be kicked off in the 
> scrum, and it's not unheard of to hear of displaced dentures sinking to 
> the bottom.
> 
> While I did triathlons myself back in the '80s which involved long sea 
> swims, I have never done the Liffey Swim, but as a 70 year old finished 
> third at the weekend, maybe there's still time :-) I haven't even been 
> spectating at the Swim for fifty years as the last time I saw it was in 
> the summer of '69 when I was working in Webbs bookshop on the quays, so my 
> knowledge of its photographic vantage points was limited. As I had put my 
> Pentax adapter in a safe place I couldn't use the 200mm lens and had to 
> use my Sonnar 55mm f1.8 to get max sharpness.
> 
> Here are some images from the day. Click on The Liffey Swim in this album 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/
> 
> Douglas
> 
> who found the Pentax adapter almost as soon as I got home...
> 
> 
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