Jan 25, 2024 Wind: from S 2.5 m/sec (6 mph). Air Temperature:10.4 °C (51 °F). Water Temperature:7.67 °C (46 °F) Today at the lake it was much warmer outside, but the water was still cold. It’d been nine days since my last swim, and I was desperate to get in the water. I went to READ MORE
Month: January 2024
When Motivation Gets Me To the Lake
Wind: from N 4.4 m/sec (10 mph) | Air Temperature: -4.1 °C (25 °F) | Water Temperature: 8.03 °C (46 °) Today at the lake it was cold and clear, with snow-covered mountains in the distance. I met R, a young man I met a couple weeks ago on the beach. I would never have made READ MORE
Sweden Highlights
Almost all of the best swims of my life happened in Sweden, lake of 100,000 lakes.
When You NEED a Swim
Does anyone else get ansty and start feeling like you’re in a funk if too many days go by between swims…..cause I really get desperate for the lake after a few days. This photo is in Solna, Stockholm. One of my favorite swim spots during my three months there. The water was clean and cool. READ MORE
New Yorker: Sea Women in South Korea
Check out this article in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sea-women-of-south-korea
The Guardian: Free Diving
January 7, 2024 Interesting article from The Guardian about an Australian woman who has an incredible capacity for free diving. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/06/i-didnt-even-know-this-was-humanly-possible-the-woman-who-can-descend-into-the-sea-on-one-breath?CMP=share_btn_link