The Sun Moon Lake Swim: Taiwan’s Swimming Carnival

Every year, 20,000 people gather at Taiwan’s largest lake and attempt to swim across 2 miles of water. A third of them, though, don’t really know how to swim.
Follow us on Instagram for behind-the-scenes moments: / goldthread2
Stay updated on Twitter: / goldthread2
Join the conversation on Facebook: / goldthread2
Have story ideas? Send them to us at hello@goldthread2.com
Written by: Clarissa Wei
Voiceover by: Dolly Li
Shot by: Judy Peng and Clarissa Wei
Edited by: Hanley Chu
Animated by: Ray Ngan
Mastered by: Joel Roche and Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network

Пікірлер: 10

  • @swim_rocket
    @swim_rocket2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I want to go to this event in 2022

  • @Gbyghbhyfyfcr

    @Gbyghbhyfyfcr

    Ай бұрын

    First

  • @jarrodyuki7081
    @jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын

    yes i want to swim in sun moon lake.

  • @kylin3197
    @kylin31974 жыл бұрын

    place looks like a painting!! wow, didn't know most Taiwanese over 30 can't swim

  • @chibichumon
    @chibichumon5 жыл бұрын

    Dang I wanna do this sometime hahaha. What about if someone needs to go to the restroom??

  • @Goldthread

    @Goldthread

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure a lot of the 20,000 are going to the restroom right there during the race. :O

  • @Ethan-rw7ub

    @Ethan-rw7ub

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Goldthread You wait in line for over an hour just to trod to the starting line. So I peed the first moment I got in the water hahaha.

  • @jerms_journal7980
    @jerms_journal79805 жыл бұрын

    How awesome! Thank you for sharing!

  • @Goldthread

    @Goldthread

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for stopping by! Please watch our other videos too :D

  • @jerms_journal7980

    @jerms_journal7980

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Goldthread of course, I'm binge watching as we speak