3 August 2010
Two Germans have set out on an unusual summer holiday, beginning a 500-kilometre swim down a river from central Germany to the North Sea with seven pet ducks.
Starting in the town of Kassel, 33-year-old Pia Marie Witt, 58-year-old Wilfried Arnold and their companions will swim down the Fulda and Weser rivers, hoping to reach the North Sea port of Bremerhaven by mid-September.
The pair say the journey is about self-fulfilment.
"It's our version of the pilgrimage to Santiago," Mr Arnold told German radio network Hessische Rundfunk.
Ms Witt and Mr Arnold aim to swim 10-15 kilometres per day - an order too tall for the seven runner ducks, which will swim for about 20 minutes a day, following by car or boat when exhaustion kicks in.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/03/2972488.htm
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