In Chicago triathlons, I have seen the old wooden pier posts that scare most pool swimmers a lot!
I've seen something -- post walls -- in the little bay just south of Adler Planetarium. They are scary when the water is low and you aren't expecting them!
Where else have you seen old pier posts?
VB
I jus did an polar bear plunge in an iced over lake. I could clearly see the bottom, but not much wild life. Then again I wasn't in the water long! It is in my log book as a 4m swim!
You :canada:probable don't thinks its much, but I'm a Floridian! :thhbbb:
This sounds like an NPR geography quiz. Where were you? New England, especially northern New England, still has big heaps o' snow; folks are practicing their cramponing and routefinding skills on top of the snowbanks!
A 4-meter swim? You stretched out your length, then folded back up? Or was that the vertical dip component? Sounds frightful.
VB
I did 3 open water races last yr. 1 river, 1 around the state house in Stockholm and the state house in Copenhagen. The only one I could see anything under water was the one in Denmark.
since it was in channels the depth varied, sometimes I couldn't see anything, other times I saw bikes, cans, bottles, one shopping cart, orange traffic cones, and random trash.
I jus did an polar bear plunge in an iced over lake. I could clearly see the bottom, but not much wild life. Then again I wasn't in the water long! It is in my log book as a 4m swim!
You :canada:probable don't thinks its much, but I'm a Floridian! :thhbbb:
When I trained at Van Wagners beach in Lake Ontario we would swim a little ways off shore. We would see the ribs of a sunken wooden ship.
In December, the schooner ALBERT of Detroit, was driven ashore at Van Wagner's Beach. At daybreak the following morning, a local farmer sighted the ice-covered wreck with seas crashing over her. Mounting his horse, he spread the alarm and Col. Van Wagner took charge of the rescue operation which was accomplished by two men pushing a small boat along planks, laid on the heaving shore ice, until it floated. Each time that two of the schooner's crew got into the boat, it was pulled back to shore by the farmers and fishermen gathered there. In this way, all hands were saved.
I believe it sank in 1876???
As for wild life we would go to Hanrahan's Bar they advertised 60 strippers.
great question. I posted recently while actually in BVI on swimvacation. I saw anchors,tarpon,conch, coral( very healthy), coral fish too numerous to name, barracuda( cool to see but water so clear they just hovered and look at you no agression),green turtles,rays,rock walls (some you swam between) and snorklers. Too be able to combine an open water swim and basically a snorkling dive, if you saw something interesting you were encouraged to investigate and include others, I couldn't ask for anything more. I actually hoped to see a nurse shark, most common in BVI and harmless, but didn't.Finally, probably millions of silversides, low man on the eating chain, pelicans, jack,mackeral, tarpon, fish bats, and I'm sure more; fed on these daily.If you want to see the bottom and interesting things, check out swimvacation. I said it before, but it fits into this thread perfectly.
This sounds like an NPR geography quiz. Where were you? New England, especially northern New England, still has big heaps o' snow; folks are practicing their cramponing and routefinding skills on top of the snowbanks!
A 4-meter swim? You stretched out your length, then folded back up? Or was that the vertical dip component? Sounds frightful.
VB
It was Blue Mountain Lake in Up-State NY (in the Adirondacks). At the dock they had a little underwater fan to keep the ice from crushing the dock. The air temp was 26 with a nice steady breeze so the water felt warmer than the air.
It was it straight down up off and scamper out then try and towel off and get clothes on while shivering wildly. Rather comical in all.
Part of the fat salmon race in seattle goes through a relatively shallow spot, I'd guess 15-20 feet deep, where you can see the bottom. Lots of milfoil (aquatic weed) in that area.
End-of-April walks along the shore of southern L. Michigan brought me in contact with some swimmers who had taken advantage of a warmish day to "go swimming" (does a minute count?) and fisherman angling for lake salmon. The buoys are out, beaches were groomed over the weekend, volunteers picking up trash. I felt like doing a 10-meter handstand dive off the jetty into the lake but limited myself to sinking digits into the water. Maybe this week.... :)
The bottom is considerably lower than last fall, as wave action moved a LOT of sand.
VB
