I was just curious about everyone's "first time". When/where did you take that first plunge into open water??
(I did a search to see if a thread like this had been done and came up empty.)
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I guess I should start...
1970, we were camping in Greece and I was always in the water (I was 10 and a total pool/beach rat), the Aegean is stunningly beautiful and I wanted to be out in it. I met a couple of guys from the local Navy Base and they told me the distance between the buoys (they used them for training swims) and I decided I just had to give it a go. So I swam my first open water mile that week, and did the two mile loop the next week. I was HOOKED!!
I managed to get in open water swims in the Atlantic, Pacific, Sea of Cortez, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Michigan. Then life and other interests got in the way...now I think I'd like to give it a go again.
I guess I should start...
1970, we were camping in Greece and I was always in the water (I was 10 and a total pool/beach rat), the Aegean is stunningly beautiful and I wanted to be out in it. I met a couple of guys from the local Navy Base and they told me the distance between the buoys (they used them for training swims) and I decided I just had to give it a go. So I swam my first open water mile that week, and did the two mile loop the next week. I was HOOKED!!
I managed to get in open water swims in the Atlantic, Pacific, Sea of Cortez, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Michigan. Then life and other interests got in the way...now I think I'd like to give it a go again.
