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Sigurgeir Svanbergsson plans to swim down Lagarfljót tomorrow, the first man known to have done so. The swim is 50 kilometers and Sigurgeir estimates it will take him up to 24 hours. "I always ask myself the same thing when I start: why on earth am I doing this?" says Sigurgeir. When a journalist spoke to him, Sigurgeir was on his way east, but he plans to start the swim between six and eight o'clock tomorrow evening. Always looking for strange …
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Sigurgeir Svanbergsson plans to swim down Lagarfljót tomorrow, the first man known to have done so. The swim is 50 kilometers and Sigurgeir estimates it will take him up to 24 hours. "I always ask myself the same thing when I start: why on earth am I doing this?" says Sigurgeir. When a journalist spoke to him, Sigurgeir was on his way east, but he plans to start the swim between six and eight o'clock tomorrow evening. Always looking for strange …

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RÚV broke the news on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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