I completely forgot about this thread...
I have been swimming several times in the Great Salt Lake with ggridley since my last post on this thread.
It's amazing how high you float on the water. I feel much more buoyant in the Great Salt Lake without a wetsuit than I do with a wetsuit in freshwater. On our most recent swim there, a first time GSL swimmer told me it looked like half of my body was out of the water.
Some areas are definitely better for swimming than others. The south side of the lake near the GSL Marina has fairly deep and clear water and I like swimming on that side much better than on the north side of Antelope Island.
You will want to tuck a water bottle in your suit to rinse out your mouth every once in a while. This is not a "reduced sodium" body of water.
The water can get pretty rough when the wind picks up. Because of the high salinity of the water, the waves are pretty dense.
I completely forgot about this thread...
I have been swimming several times in the Great Salt Lake with ggridley since my last post on this thread.
It's amazing how high you float on the water. I feel much more buoyant in the Great Salt Lake without a wetsuit than I do with a wetsuit in freshwater. On our most recent swim there, a first time GSL swimmer told me it looked like half of my body was out of the water.
Some areas are definitely better for swimming than others. The south side of the lake near the GSL Marina has fairly deep and clear water and I like swimming on that side much better than on the north side of Antelope Island.
You will want to tuck a water bottle in your suit to rinse out your mouth every once in a while. This is not a "reduced sodium" body of water.
The water can get pretty rough when the wind picks up. Because of the high salinity of the water, the waves are pretty dense.
