On Friday morning, he dives into the Oslo Fjord. In mid-August, he expects to climb ashore on the pier in Bergen. – I have seen the summer holidays for that. It is the craziest thing I have tried and the most extreme I have done, says Rasmussen to news. The distance is to get seasick. 700 kilometers is longer than he has ever summed up before. In 2014, he summed from Oslo to the End of the World on Tjøme, about 100 kilometers. Now the distance is seven times as long, but he has divided the trip into stages. – I plan to swim about 20-25 kilometers a day. But it is a small risk, I have no idea what I am going for and have never done anything similar. This is outside the comfort zone, he says. On Friday, Knut Ivar Rasmussen jumps into the lake in the Oslo Fjord. Photo: Glenn Olstad / news A kind of experiment There is little to say about the sewing skills. Former owner this year, he won the swimming competition Horten – Moss, across the Oslo Fjord, for the seventh time. He spends his holidays on the project. In addition to swimming, he works as a personal swimming coach and psychologist. He has written a master’s thesis about the fear of failure, and the symmetry trip this summer is a kind of experiment in extension of that. – The psychological part is a bit of a thing. I’m very interested in this, and this is what I work with. – It’s a bit daring to fail too. How to deal with it? How should one meet oneself and others. I am very interested in this by bringing out the potential against the fear of failure. To help with the journey, he has a companion boat with wetsuits, medicine, clothes and other necessities. He will live in the boat between the stages, and together with doctors and chiropractors he will make sure that his physical health is also in order. – It’s not healthy, actually, he says and laughs out loud. – I feel very well along the way, and there will be a gradual breakdown. You go from getting pretty ready for battle, and in the end you are all cake. It is not a good thing to make it normal, says Rasmussen. Rasmussen, who is a symmetry trainer and psychologist, spends his holiday on the project. Photo: Glenn Olstad / news Is about more than swimming He himself describes the swimming trip around Norway’s southern tip as an adventure. – It’s not just about swimming long distances, but getting bigger things done. It is something to grow on. I get some good experiences, good experiences and connection to others. But does he get to see anything through the goggles as he fights the waves? – I take it very calmly, so I see what it looks like around me. Lying in the lake, there is a fairly large presence in it. You get a little bubbling, and it’s about getting from point to point. – The tongue can crumble Bjørn Soleng, general secretary of the Norwegian Symphony Association, describes Rasmussen’s stunt as a mixture of «madness and stand-on-will». He still doubts that the trip is feasible. – Personally, I do not think he can do it. It’s so far. But if there is someone who will manage it, then it is him, says Soleng. – What happens to the body when you swim so far in salt water? – I have read a number of international articles, and there is of course a danger of catching a cold when you lie in cold water for so long. But I’m also very excited about how his tongue goes for six to eight hours in salt water a day. The tongue can crumble, says Soleng and refers to another symjar who experienced something similar when he buzzed through the canals in England. news expert impressed Tidlegare competition sewing and news’s sewing expert, Aleksander Hetland, is full of praise for Rasmussen. – It is reasonably hefty and ambitious. He has broken boundaries before, so it’s cool that he keeps up with it, says Hetland. He emphasizes that what Rasmussen is doing is almost a different sport than what he himself was doing. – I could never do that. I was good at distances and competitions that lasted less than a minute, Hetland smiles. – I think it was fun with details and high speed. This is the opposite. It’s about keeping things going. But even if it is a different thing, it will not be less impressive.
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