The open water discussion has been a little boring lately so time to add some controversy. The above quote was affixed to a plaque my swimmers gave me when I retired as Head Coach of the University of Denver Masters Swim Team. Yes, they knew where I stood on the subject. Others share my view. In my day job as a stock broker I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal “Wimp or Triathlete, You Probably Like That New Wetsuit" by Kevin Helliker, published on September 24, 1999. In it were several memorable quotes on the subject. "How pathetic, says Betsy Brennan a Lake Michigan swimmer" "When I see people in wetsuits, I think: wimp." Another Chicagoan Ted Erikson, who did a double crossing of the English Channel without a wetsuit, said on the increasingly use of wetsuit by swimmers in Lake Michigan. "I ask them, 'Why don't you just get a boat? Boats have heaters.”:D
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I saw that piece on Lynn Cox too. Only she and another human have survive water at 40 degrees or lower. You and I would die of hypertherma if we tried that. Her body protects her from such cold and I think they said it had to do with how the blood flowed to one of her legs. On record she is a little taller than me and we both weight near the same range.
I saw that piece on Lynn Cox too. Only she and another human have survive water at 40 degrees or lower. You and I would die of hypertherma if we tried that. Her body protects her from such cold and I think they said it had to do with how the blood flowed to one of her legs. On record she is a little taller than me and we both weight near the same range.
