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No Ducks, No Sunbeams Crashing This Party

No Ducks, No Sunbeams Crashing This Party

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Eej S

Feb 19, 2022 | temp 40 F ish | Time in water: 24:40 Today at the lake, there were crazy wild white-capped waves. They didn’t look too bad on the shore, but once I was in the water I could see how impressive they were. Wow.  I took a few photos and a quick video READ MORE

Posted in Swimming Experiences Tagged big-waves, brave, cold-water-swimming, flow, openwaterswimming, preparation, resilience, risk
Big Waves, Dark Night, Old Swim Buddy

Big Waves, Dark Night, Old Swim Buddy

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Eej S

Today at the lake I swam in crazy strong waves, in the dark, while my summer swim buddy spotted me from the beach.  To be honest, I quit swimming a week ago, maybe longer, because I was so exhausted with putting so much time into finding swim buddies and almost never finding anyone to swim READ MORE

Posted in Swimming Experiences Tagged cold-water-swimming, flow, nightswimming, openwaterswimming, swim-buddy, windy
NightSwimming

NightSwimming

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Eej S

Today at the lake, I finally got to do a real night swim with V, another swimmer I met via online FB groups. I’ve tried to organize a couple of Friday night swims on the FB page I started for women who swim in the lake….and they never get off the ground. But V also READ MORE

Posted in Swimming Experiences Tagged cold-water-swimming, flow, incantation, insights, neoprene, night-swimming, openwaterswimming, poetry, swim-buddy, swim-gear

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