Endurance athlete was participating in second stage of Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficultyA man who died while attempting to swim the Channel has been named as endurance athlete Douglas Waymark. Waymark, who had previously reached the summit of Mount Everest, was taking part in the near-300-mile Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficulty on Monday night. His sister, Jo Ikel, wrote on Facebook: “Douglas Waymark has not completed his Channel swim. The last leg of the challenge involves a 181-mile cycle from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. On Thursday he wrote on Facebook that the Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon “was arguably the toughest thing” he had ever attempted.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2017 12:53 UTC