Philippe Croizon, Limbless Man, To Swim Around The World With Prosthetic Limbs

Philippe Croizon plans to swim around the world -- limbless.

He's crossed the English Channel before, and now he wants to swim around the world -- without any arms or legs.

French endurance athlete Philippe Croizon -- who lost his limbs in 1994 after being shocked while changing a TV antenna on his roof -- announced Tuesday that he wants to swim between five continents, Fox News reported.

Croizon, 44, will spend his summer swimming between continents using prosthetic limbs and fins attached to the stumps of his legs. He'll swim with friend Arnaud Chassery, starting with a swim between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in May.

"We are going to symbolically link the five continents, two little people like us, two little men, we're going to be able to build a bridge between the continents," he told the International Business Times."That means that we're going to bring them together. Which means no one is very far from each other. So even if we have different political opinions, or skin colors, or even with our disabilities, we all live on the same planet. And that's the clear message we want to send."

Croizon says he'll swim across a series of narrow straits totaling 53 miles and some 45 hours in the water, Reuters reported.

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Comments

[amandanunez]

05:01 PM on 04/29/2012

Good luck.

[builderman55]

10:26 AM on 04/27/2012

This is very cool, but we had two brainless men run our country for 8 years...

[cheeseheadnate]

12:34 AM on 04/27/2012

While this is hardly a swim around the world, kit is still very inspiring. I wish him the best in his efforts!!@

[cdmak1]

02:38 PM on 04/26/2012

I was really hoping for a video of him swimming, I coulda used a good laugh

[Lindsgrace33]

12:38 PM on 04/26/2012

Awesome.

[FreeSwingingSoul]

11:20 AM on 04/26/2012

Cool story. PATHETIC and misleading title of "Swim Around The World" when in actuality (as stated in the article itself), the guy is swimming "a series of narrow straits totaling 53 miles." There's a HUGE disconnect between swimming 53 miles and swimming "around the world". Where's HuffPo's integrity in journalism?

[the taoist]

10:07 AM on 04/26/2012

I think you mean float ....................????? Don't you...????

[Sura Mbaya]

03:02 PM on 08/13/2012

All you need to do is search for videos of Phillip swimming. I am not sure if you are being skeptical or just annoying.

[alscotti57]

07:23 AM on 04/26/2012

at least his names not ''BOB''

[VelenoSangue]

06:08 AM on 04/26/2012

Next week: Limbless man eaten by shark

[oldwolf49]

05:22 AM on 04/26/2012

Well, now that is just silly.

[AG creative]

04:52 AM on 04/26/2012

NEXT HEADLINE:

Philippe Croizon, Limbless Man Eaten By Sharks Attempting To Swim Around The World With Prosthetic Limbs

[skantea]

04:49 AM on 04/26/2012

SYMBOLICALLY. That's kind of a key piece of information. Seriously, people might miss the 'heart' in the story because they're too busy attacking the impossible headline.

[Gib]

04:29 AM on 04/26/2012

Blind man to ride a motorcycle from Paris to Peking.

[HamburgerTime]

04:26 AM on 04/26/2012

In b4 sharks.

[Mr Murf]

12:29 AM on 04/26/2012

You bunch of "Bob" joke hogs!