Wet suit or not for open water swimming?

I have said it before. In OW swimming I agree that wetsuit or not , all swimmers should be welcome. Thats how a sport grows. There should be two classes wetsuit and non wetsuit. Many swim events already do this. Yes its harder to finish without a wetsuit and thus the non wetsuit swimmers can hold their heads high for that. And the wetsuit people can do the same .. how many people can swim even a mile in the general population.? Today swimmers are doing things that would have been unbeliveable to most people 40 years ago like swimming regularly back and forth from Alcatraz or across the Golden Gate or the Chesapeake Bay or Tampa bay.

I have said it before. In OW swimming I agree that wetsuit or not , all swimmers should be welcome. Thats how a sport grows. There should be two classes wetsuit and non wetsuit. Many swim events already do this. Yes its harder to finish without a wetsuit and thus the non wetsuit swimmers can hold their heads high for that. And the wetsuit people can do the same .. how many people can swim even a mile in the general population.? Today swimmers are doing things that would have been unbeliveable to most people 40 years ago like swimming regularly back and forth from Alcatraz or across the Golden Gate or the Chesapeake Bay or Tampa bay.