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Ross Edgley isn’t averse to some pretty far-out ideas when it comes to finding a way of protecting him from jellyfish stings during his gruelling open water swim challenge.
The endurance swimmer is now 31 days into his 2,000-mile Great British Swim around the coast of mainland Britain, and he rounded Land’s End over the weekend.
Jellyfish swarms have been a constant problem for Edgley, who suffered multiple stings to the face as he swam along the English Channel towards the South West coastline.
While preparing for the challenge, he joked that he’d grow a beard to protect his face from the stings. With that not working, his crew attempted a more radical solution this week and moulded a protective mask using cling film.
The mask was quickly dropped when it reduced visibility too much but, on a more positive note, Edgley is now swimming without duct tape or plasters as his neck wound has healed.
More frustrating for the 32-year-old was the difficulty of conditions as he attempted to swim past Lyme Bay and approach Devon.
“Trying to swim around there in complete darkness, the tides and currents were so bad it forced us into the bay,” Edgley explained on his latest Red Bull vlog.
“We could have come back out and tried again to cut across, but there was no guarantee it was going to work, and we could have just wasted so much time.
“We decided to suck it up, swim all the way around, hugging the coastline, which has added so many more miles to the overall journey. Also, we were just eating waves constantly.”
Morale was boosted as conditions improved along the Devon and Cornwall coast, and Edgley also had a visit from the Royal Navy’s HMS Biter and HMS Charger.
Having rounded the most south-westerly point of mainland Britain, he now has to decide whether to take the shorter route and hug the coastline around Wales, or take the longer route to Ireland where the waves will be more predictable.
Edgley, who is using HUUB wetsuits and equipment for the challenge, left Margate on his clockwise route a month ago. He’s aiming to complete the route in 100 days.