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Nude Swimmers Abandon Loch Ness Swim
By Associated Press
September 19, 2005, 8:21 AM CDT
INVERNESS, Scotland -- One lap of Loch Ness was barely tolerable, but two more proved too much Saturday for a group of nude swimmers who surrendered to bad weather.
The four men and two women, taking turns of an hour each, began their charity stunt Friday night and completed their first 23-mile lap Saturday morning. And that was all, as temperatures sank and winds rose.
"We swam all through the night and successfully completed one length in 14 hours and four minutes but the conditions were so bad we couldn't go on," said Kevin Mitchell, 56, the first swimmer to set off Friday.
"The waves were so big and the wind was so strong that we couldn't keep the (escort) boat with the swimmer and that made it unsafe to continue."
British Naturism had organized the sponsored relay to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press
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about the group:
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British Naturism is a 40-year-old organisation for nudists in the UK and has about 16,000 members.
It is the second time the organisation attempted such a swim in the loch - its last effort in July 2000 raised £1,500 for Children in Need.
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56-year-old Kevin Mitchell from Harrow, Middlesex.
John Taylor, 47, an engineer from Clitheroe in Lancashire;
Trevor Coleman, 51, a policeman from London; and Stuart Buffrey, 36, a computer programmer from Birmingham.
Ann Cameron, 45, a housewife from London, and
Carol Singh, 56, a swimming teacher from California
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