RIVER
RIVER NEAR 4@
4@
4@ THE
4@ THE OLD TUMBERWEED...THIS
WEEK...THE WATER TEMPERATURE RIGHT4@
NOW IS 47-DEGREES.
ARE THEY NUTS? NOPE. THEY ARE
NAMED THE
NOW IS 47-DEGREES. ARE THEY NUTS? NOPE. THEY ARE NAMED THE4@
RIVER RATS.. DEDICATED OPEN
WATER SWIMMERS...MEN AND
WOMEN WHO 4@JUMP INTO THE RIVER
FOR
THE THRILL AND THE FITNESS. THEY
4@
EVEN4@
4@ EVEN4@
4@ EVEN4@ TALKED ME INTO DOING IT...AND4@
NO...I DIDN'T
TURN GREEN OR GROW EXTRA TOES!4@
4@
4@
WHEN
WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU SEE THE OHIO RIVER DOWNTOWN YOU SEE A LIFE OF
INDUSTRY....BARGE
S
INDUSTRY....BARGE S TRANSPORTATION.. ..OUR BRIDGES.
4@
---
4@ ---
4@ --- AND A RETURN OF WILDLIFE
DENNIS PLUCKEBAUM'S
FAMILY HAS BEEN BUILDING BOATS
FOR OHIO RIVER BOATERS FOR 864@@
YEARS.
YEARS.
4@
4@ 721
4@ 721 ON
4@ 721 ON BOAT/DENNIS PLUCKEBAUM DP: YOU SEE EAGLES WHAT KIND OF
BIRDS?
BIRDS?
BIRDS? DP: OH YEA YOU REALLY SEE A LOT 4@
OF EAGLES NOW, YOU GO DOWN
AROUND CAPTAINS QUARTERS AND
STUFF COUPLE OF EAGLES NESTS
DOWN IN THAT AREWA.
AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THING
HAPPENING IN THE RIVER EVERY
DAY... 1433 KEVIN4@
ITS ALWAYS AN EXCITING DAY OUT
HERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO RUN INTO. IN COLD
WEATHER SPLASH WITH GO PRO
SWIMMERS.4@
AS THE CHILL OF OCTOBER DROPPED
THE RIVER TEMPERATURE TO
65 DEGREES...MEET THE RIVER RATS.
DOUG WITH GROUP4@
842 63 YEARS OLD
DP: SO ARE WE CRAZY DONIG THIS
NINA: TODAY PERHAPS IN GENERAL
NO
I HAD HEARD OF THIS DEDICATED4@
GROUP THAT SWIMS IN THE OHIO
YEAR NEARLY EVERY DAY . NINA
NORRIS IS 63 YEARS OLD. DP: IT
SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE ABOUT THE
RIVER
RIVER
RIVER NINA: I'VE BEEN SWIMMINGIN THE RIVER SINCE I MOVED TO KENTUCKY
4@
30 YEARS AGO I
WALWAYS TELL PEOPLE ITS ONE OF
THE BEAUTFIUL PLACES TO SWIM IN
KENTUCKY., 9:09
KENTUCKY., 9:09 9:09 ANY DAY THAT YOU CAN GET IN 4@
THE RIVER IS A GOOD DAY IT'S
BETTER THAN WATCHING THE
BOTTOM OF THE POOL. 9:18
DP:YOU DON'T HAVE A THIRD EYE
YET?
NINA: NOT YET I TELL EVERYBODY,
4@
NOT TWO HEADS NO EXTRA TOES, I'M
ALL GOOD.
ALL GOOD.
ALL GOOD. JOINING US ON PLUCKEBAUM'S BOAT
...KEVIN COATES... DEE
SCHREUR---WEARIN G A WETSUIT FOR
THIS SWIM4@
THIS SWIM4@ DEE WETSUIT 1316 I DID ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ THIS
YEAR AND ITS ABOUT 58 AND SO I'M
4@ FAMILIAR WITH THE TEMPERATURE
AND IT'LL BE MORE COMFORABLE.
AND REALTOR JOHN
FISCHBACH...HE'S TRAINING TO
SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
1148
DP: THERES LOTS OF GREAT POOLS I
THE RIVER WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE
RIVER?
RIVER?
RIVER? JOHN: ITS A COMBINATION OF THE ECLECTRIC GRUP OF FUN SWIMMERS,
4@
AND LIKE NINA SAID,4@
SWIMMING IN THE RIVER WOULD BE
LIKE TRAIL RUNNING
COMPARED TO GETTING ON A TREAD4@
MILL.
THEIR VIEW IS THIS...HEY, THE
OLD MYTHS OF A POLLUTED THE
OHIO BEING CESSPOOL ARE LONG
GONE!4@
WILDLIFE 1422
I'VE SEEN A BEAVER, SNAKE
EAGLES, TURTLES,
AND HERE'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
4@
BE SWIMMING...AROU
ND THIS ISLAND, CALLED TOW HEAD,
4@
BY THE BIG 4 BRIDGE. UPSTREAM
INSIDE THE CHANNEL, THEN AROUND
THE
THE TIP
THE TIP OUT INTO THE OHIO RIVER. 4@ THEY SOMETIMES SWIM
TO THE SKYSCRAPERS. 15:224@
WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE
GREAT LAWN YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT
PEOPLE WHAT ARE THEY DOING DOW4N
THERE,
THERE, WHY ARE THEY ARE IN W4@AR DID I SAY WE ?!
YES...I SWIM EVERY DAY ...IN A POOL...WATER TEMPERATURE STEADY
IN THE 70'S.
BUT I GREW UP SWIMMING IN THE OHIO IN SUMMER.
AND
AND I
AND I HAVE TO SAY....THIS GROUP 4@ SOLD IT PRETTY WELL... EVEN
4@
4@
4@ JUMPING INTO A STILL MUDDY AND
COLD RIVER... 12074@
EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT, THE
WE4@ATHER IS DIFFERENT, THE
TEMPERATEURE IS DIFFERENT THE
CURRENT IS DIFFERENT AND THATS
WHAT MAKES IT FUN. SAFETY IS
REQUIRED FOR THESE SWIMS...AND
4@IRONICALLY 1657 WILLIAM KOLB N
KAYAK
KAYAK YOU
KAYAK YOU WON'T FIND ME SWIMMING IN
IN
IN THE
IN THE RIVER WILLIAM KOLB IS ALWAYS
THERE...IN
HIS KAYAK
WILLIAM IN KAYAK4@
1640
I'M IN CHARGEOF MAKING SURE WWE
HAVE EYES ON E4@VERYBO4@DY. WE'E
REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE KAYAKER IN THE WATER NO MATTER
HOW MANY.
AND AWAY WE WENT 1903 DOUG
COUNTS DOWN IN, THREE , TWO,4@
4@ONE
HEY YOU HAVE TO MOVE IN THIS
COLD WATER
SO START SWIMMING
THE CURRENT WAS AGAINST US AT
1.3
MILES PER HOUR. THE DISTANCE,4@
TWO POINT EIGHT MILES.
BUOYS ARE TIED TO A FEW OF THE
SWIMMERS SO THEY ARE VISIBLE BY
4@
BOATERS.
4@ BOATERS. THIS GROUP IS GOOD, AND I SPENT
MOST OF THE TIME, RIGHT BEHIND
THEM!4@ THAT'S ME....RIGHT HERE.
ONE THING ABOUT THESE
CONDITIONS...GOO GLES ARE
USELESS.
YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING...AS OUR
CAMERA PROVED JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE. AND WE FLEW OUR DRONE ABOVE THEM
4@
ON AN EVEN COLDER SUNDAY
MORNING.8AM.T HEY ARE BACK AT IT
IN THE RIVER CHANNEL.4@
DURING OUR SWIM.MIDWAY, THEY, NICELY, WAITED FOR ME TO4@
CATCH UP.
2258 STAND UP FORPKG DP: SO THE
WATER IS FIT LITERALLY4@
FOR A RIVER RAT. THESE ARE THE HUMAN VERSIONS. THERE'S ABOUT 20
OF THEM THAT WILL SWIM IN THE4@
RIVER YEAR ROUND , WEEKLY AND THEY'LL DO IT RIGHT THROUGH
DEEMBER.4@
THE CURRENT EVEN AT 1.3 MILES
4@
4@
4@ PER
4@ PER HOUR MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
JOHN FISCHBACH 2841
AND WE JUST SWAN AGAINST IT
2846
THATS A FULL WORKOUT THE TURN
INTO THE OHIO RIVER IS4@
THE THRILL.
THAT'S WHEN THE CURRENT IS AT
YOUR BACK.
4146 KEVIN4@
GOING DOWN RIVER IS ALWAYS THE
MOST FUN IS YOU JUST SHOOT
DOWN IT'S TAKES HALF THE TIME
AND YOU GO MAN WE'RE HERE.
AND WITH THE CITY AND THE4@
BRIDGES
RIGHT THERE...EVERYONE AGREES.AN
EXHILLARATING,
EXHILLARATING, REFRESHING CHALLENGE! 4128 IT'S SO CHALLENGING I
LOVE IT IT WA SRELLYA ROUGHT OUT
THERE THE CURRENT WAS
REALLY STRONG. DOUG: YOU SORT OF FORGET YOU
WERE IN THE OHIO RIVER WOMAN: OH
ABSOLUTELY ONCE I PUT MY HEAD
DOWN NAVIGATE MY SWAY OUT THERE
AND
AND IT'S
AND IT'S REALLY FUN. SO I HAD TO ASK...ARE THERE ANY
CONDITIONS WHERE YOU WOULD JUST
SAY NO? JOHN F 15:47
ONE OF THE SWIMMERS AND I SWAN WHEN THERE WAS ICE ON THE DOCK.
IN THE WATER THAT POWERS OUT
CITY, A WORKOUT WITH A VIEW..AND
LOTS OF FRESH AIR!!
4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ VIEW..AND LOTS OF FRESH AIR!!4@
4@
4@ FISCHBACH SAYS THEY'LL BE4@
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