Man swims 1.5 km in choppy sea waters with hands and legs tied

Kannur , May 10 In an adventurous feat, a Kerala Tourism Life Guard personnel swam nearly 1.5 km with both his hands and feet tied with a rope in the choppy Arabian Sea waters off the Payyambalam Beach here today.

Ratheesh R Cheriazhikal, who had already entered the Limca Book of Records for his host of adventurous feats in waters across Kerala, swam to the Payyambalam beach where large number of people had assembled to witness the event.

Hosted by the Kerala Tourism Life Guard Union, affiliated to the CITU, Ratheesh was first taken in a boat to the sea off the Payyambalam Beach here this evening.

Ratheesh, hailing from Kollam, had taken part in similar display of adventure from Chavara Dhavalapara bridge to Shakthi Kulangara Harbour in 2004 and swam three km distance from Azhikal Tsunami Memorial Column in 2005. He also hosted the national flag in the sea on the independence day in 2008.

Today&aposs event was flagged off by Kasaragod MP P Karunakaran and presided over by the CITU state president K P Sahadevan.
Source: PTI