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.)
In my childhood I attended an awesome summer camp named "Camp Whitley". During your stay at camp you could earn awards by completing challenges. One of the challenges (Gold Bar) was to swim across Bear Lake. They called it a mile but in retrospect I think they were exaggerating. Flash forward ahead to the next year; all of the "swimmer kids" were complaining that the "Gold Bar" was no longer a challenge for us.......so that's how the "Double Gold Bar" began. (across bear lake and back) I think that was my introduction to OW swimming!
*I also won the "Annie Oakly" riflery award every single year I attended this camp! :) I wish I could be a kid again and go back! :bliss:
In my childhood I attended an awesome summer camp named "Camp Whitley". During your stay at camp you could earn awards by completing challenges. One of the challenges (Gold Bar) was to swim across Bear Lake. They called it a mile but in retrospect I think they were exaggerating. Flash forward ahead to the next year; all of the "swimmer kids" were complaining that the "Gold Bar" was no longer a challenge for us.......so that's how the "Double Gold Bar" began. (across bear lake and back) I think that was my introduction to OW swimming!
*I also won the "Annie Oakly" riflery award every single year I attended this camp! :) I wish I could be a kid again and go back! :bliss:
