Paddle from Alcatraz
July 14, 2010 1:00 PM Subscribe
The Alcatraz Swim-o-Meter calculates the time and path of your watery escape from Alcatraz, designed and built by San Francisco Dolphin Club member Kent Myers.
Swimming is for suckers. I would fly like the Bird Man. That's why they called him the Bird Man, right?
posted by Think_Long at 1:12 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Think_Long at 1:12 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
38 min per mile is pretty optimistic IMO although perhaps not for people who are planning to swim from Alcatraz.
posted by GuyZero at 1:14 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by GuyZero at 1:14 PM on July 14, 2010
My friend did the Escape From Alcatraz Tri and said that the current pushes you toward (and laterally down) the beach a lot. So 38min/mile is probably taking that into account.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 1:20 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 1:20 PM on July 14, 2010
That "worst time" setting is wacky.
posted by .kobayashi. at 1:24 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by .kobayashi. at 1:24 PM on July 14, 2010
I set it for -10 minutes per mile. I think I'm in Larkspur by now.
posted by zippy at 1:45 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by zippy at 1:45 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I set it for 70 minute miles... and it took less than 2 hours leaving on July 5 at 7:15 AM.
Timing is everything, apparently.
posted by MikeWarot at 2:30 PM on July 14, 2010
Timing is everything, apparently.
posted by MikeWarot at 2:30 PM on July 14, 2010
Man, setting it for 90 minute miles and 'Crab' is awesome. You just drift away.
posted by xorry at 2:56 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by xorry at 2:56 PM on July 14, 2010
I was just over at the Aquatic Park on Monday and was watching some open water swimmers warm up in view of Alcatraz, and was wondering how tough it would really be to make that swim. Now, not two days later, I know!
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 7:02 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 7:02 PM on July 14, 2010
Wait, someone actually asked if he could fly? That's hilarious.
Since you work there and all . . . have they done anything with the morgue since I was there in 2005? Last time I saw it it was just a door with a clear bit of plastic and a faded piece of paper with a factoid looking into a creepy room with a big cement slab.
posted by Think_Long at 9:14 PM on July 14, 2010
Since you work there and all . . . have they done anything with the morgue since I was there in 2005? Last time I saw it it was just a door with a clear bit of plastic and a faded piece of paper with a factoid looking into a creepy room with a big cement slab.
posted by Think_Long at 9:14 PM on July 14, 2010
I don't get what's so bad about "The Worst Time."
Since I can swim a 3 Minute mile, it says it will only take me 4 minutes to shore.
posted by Debaser626 at 8:07 AM on July 15, 2010
Since I can swim a 3 Minute mile, it says it will only take me 4 minutes to shore.
posted by Debaser626 at 8:07 AM on July 15, 2010
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