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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Doctor,
Please don't have a CVA on my account.
If conditions were such that,
"all the kayakers were tipped over from the wind and swells and were...well, too busy trying to save themselves. "
then the meet organizers and safety crew were seriously lacking. This event should have been cancled. Perhaps profit or egos of the event organizers took precedent over thier responsibility to the contestants. Maybe safety crews are not needed, people just need to man up.
Wait, I know, waterwings are the solution.
Doctor,
Please don't have a CVA on my account.
If conditions were such that,
"all the kayakers were tipped over from the wind and swells and were...well, too busy trying to save themselves. "
then the meet organizers and safety crew were seriously lacking. This event should have been cancled. Perhaps profit or egos of the event organizers took precedent over thier responsibility to the contestants. Maybe safety crews are not needed, people just need to man up.
Wait, I know, waterwings are the solution.
