![“Eco Quebra da 13”, name of the place where the swimmers usually to practice in Brasília. The car sold to perform the challenge. Nonprofessional athlete, Tiago had to train and work as personal coach in Paranoá Lake. Along the time, he had to sell things to pay for the crossing debts. 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b8dee79e58f783eb42c2a50d7226dec57b0aa27714e0640e81372ab4db20aa8/2010-30.jpg)
![Dry season in Paranoá lake, no rain or wind, nothing can prevent the training time, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c8661b936bd956026e576f6e0f8c32502ff23f1eec56bbc39c14662da8d24bd/2010-31.jpg)
![Sunrise in Paranoá Lake. Training routine for the Crossing, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4416ee774646b6daaca140c52a2013973f6150ab14577ad38ccd981f87991dbc/2010-32.jpg)
![Rain season in Paranoá lake, the rain can prevent the training time, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4c90f32c7a825ddc3f75860ec77924aa2de69dc1d0fb6cb09f2ba6b8d386ab8/2010-30-2.jpg)
![Tiago Sato in the pool, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4cf50cc6d38e8084310bd2b57e79c9976c51a4d9fddb220e4626bd3dbc2792d/2010-30-3.jpg)
![Training pool routine for the crossing, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55fa4c43abdb2c110dd04ccf1d0ce30f3f747d63e06a0261649a93418aa46a84/2010-33.jpg)
![“Travessia Maluca I”, a 2 kilometer counterclockwise swim around Arpoador Stone, april 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d8bf095500daccf1b1ee4a34c0c7fbf6acb8c2d33120e4ee93d89fd40c1e1b8/2010-34.jpg)
![“Travessia Maluca II”, a 2 kilometer counterclockwise swim around Arpoador Stone, april 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4819f0eb7b072bdf6da8791ff6f606ca89a2890987a046273b590b3ea1978fac/2010-35.jpg)
![“Travessia Maluca III”, a 2 kilometer counterclockwise swim around Arpoador Stone, april 2010, april 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebf874be280ae21cb208a5d505181b25a61d47b3562f80f041cd07bbbb72c015/2010-36.jpg)
![Paranoá lake, 12 hours swimming, Athlete get preparing for the English Channel, swimming 40 km around midnight to noon, July 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b3543fa3727513af2718eca31e62112b886543905cfbcface9defcce3d85298/2010-37.jpg)
![Night swim, July 2010, July 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33cfb67c9fad158a0aea519e6b598e4fbead91eed4d4a7ddb27e9e79c598c641/2010-38.jpg)
![Paranoá lake, 12 hours swimming, July 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dbe725bfdafe49515efd2b70e38af9ed019855bfb35a123d8338aa6e1362349/2010-31-2.jpg)
![Paranoá lake,12 hours swimming, July 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a47705ac1306326972eabe7badb1496ce8b97224d324d6507187e79056b9c156/2010-40.jpg)
![Grand Canaria Hotel, Folkstone, september 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/599a710932048b0d8ed3befcdfbd0dce49d3acce8abe5e962cd6907d94227eab/2010-41.jpg)
![Norman, the british waiter, september 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a087d25802b388d844d0d100dc5ac6041a738047bbcc79ce6baf2229ee43b3f0/retratos-30-2.jpg)
![Tiago Sato lost the first attempt because of the weather conditions, he got big hair and beard waiting for a new chance, September 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c975e3a453f5e0d093df2bf218d89e8120a1958db8d71aa0a1d874ccaa322fc/2010-43.jpg)
![Time for changes, his coach asked him to change the appearance, september 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e8813c830f695f875462b2a05deb486943cfdc78cac7f104516d59d20f0f612/2010-44.jpg)
![Tiago Sato preparing himself in the icy waters of Folkestone, September 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8946b36c80036cd4fa773caca18a272612f014e87ef6f74df2d83e1171f2148/2010-42.jpg)
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![Starting in Dover, England, September 17, 2010](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/049a5326dab13360ba0872fca4fde79d5553a19ea386eee893aab95ba371977e/2010-54.jpg)
![The crew. Without this infrastructure would not be possible to make the crossing](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea0c80ae4df9e43e103506a4f58135e1e84a84ef48310e5a7917ea4035cf6173/2010-55.jpg)
![The crossing guide. Igor de Souza the most experienced guide the English Channel](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4f558302252c16b368e5bfb79fc6ab14aa346189eb50637ae30ba749bcabb5d/2010-57.jpg)
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Tiago Sato was born in Brasília, where it is still possible to find people who have never seen the sea.Despite this, he challenged himself to swim the Channel in 2010.
This kind of challenge begins a long time before of start of the event in the Dover's seas. This essay explores the stones in the way towards to English Channel.