Madswimmers trek the Himalayas | Carte Blanche | M-Net

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.
It was an ambitious climb into uncharted territory. A treacherous 15-day ascent on the icy slopes of Mount Putha Hiunchuli in the Himalayas. But a determined group of South Africans, aptly nicknamed the Madswimmers, were undeterred in their mission to complete the highest altitude swim ever recorded. The team - made up of people with no experience climbing steep mountains - faced harsh icy conditions, battled wind and snow, and navigated dangerous crevasses that threatened to collapse beneath them. Their reward? A three-minute-long dip in chillingly cold water to set a new world record. Carte Blanche travelled to Kathmandu to meet up with the Madswimmers.
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[@phaniraj9799]

What should we call them? Springboks, the Proteas, the Hillbrow Challengers or let me call them THE MAD HIMSOUSWIMMERS !!

[@nolanmichaels3206]

pointless

[@JustAThought155]

That was fun! Such a cool, or should I say, literally, cold, adventure!❤

[@BloodBoughtMinistries]

Jesus Chris is Lord. Buddha is dead, he can't save anyone.

[@musawenkosimavuso566]

Is Jesus alive?🙄

[@jn8922]

Foreigners always go to these places for novelty... But the amount of trash they leave behind in achieving their amazing experience is actually tragic. There's no way for a government to have trash collection in these remote terrains so all these explorers take their supplies in plastic etc and just leave a trail of trash behind. They destroy the beauty and nature they claim to love.

[@prettycindi]

These guys are brave👌🏽 I commend y’all 🫡🔥

[@MichaelJoe-kx3xn]

The highest dip**

[@johanneswehrmann]

Swim? 🤣

[@just._doing._me._6287]

🤩👌🏽👌🏽💯Love this team! #audacious Wish I could swim!😅

[@ghaznavid]

Interesting story, but surely that doesn't count - being artificial.

[@johanneswehrmann]

A record for lying high in a puddle, what a joke! 🤣

[@neelsv.d.westhuizen8195]

I struggle to understand why they make such a big fuss about it. Artificial to create a swimming pool , and the worst is the amount of people and donkeys , yaks used to get all their stuff up there! With that, the amount of money it would have cost to do this. Unsupported would have been much more impressive, and obviously to have found a natural puddle to "swim" in.

[@nealprinsloo8076]

Its the journey that matters, not the destination.

[@allanisted2733]

very cool