Are you bogged down at home or at work? Well you can take that bogged down feeling and put it to good use in the world of snorkeling. At least that is what 170 people did in Wales on the outskirts of the self proclaimed smallest town in Britain. Llanwrtyd Wells has a population of just barely 600, whose annual events include not only a Saturnalia Roman Festival held in January but also a World Bog Snorkeling Championship held in August. The event involves snorkeling 60 yards in a trench cut into a privately owned bog. Participants don various costumes that would be the envy of any Monty Python sketch along with mask, fins and snorkel to compete for the fastest time to traverse the trench.
The video below had me in stitches as I watched one guy dressed in an over sized Sumo wrestler outfit make his attempt. His outfit was not quite suited for the event as it barely fit into the trench width-wise and his speed was slowed by the obvious drag that was inherent to the suit. Drag wasn’t a problem for the guys who donned house dresses, wigs and sported black handbags as part of their Bog Snorkeling regalia. The winner of the 2008 World Bog Snorkeling Championship was 23 year old Connor Murphy from Ireland who walked away with the $100.00 prize winnings.
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