Last Saturday, I jumped into some big surf and chilly waters with 100 other swimmers for the first 2.4 mile Nubble Light Challenge in York Beach, ME. Highlights included rough seas, fog, and very cold water that led to hypothermia for several swimmers, even those wearing wetsuits (local news article and event homepage linked below).
This was a very well run event, and a true, raw, open ocean swim. Of the dozens of races I have done, this was by far the most challenging and the most fun.
Hopper
www.swimvacation.com
www.fosters.com/.../articlewww.nubblelightchallenge.com/
You got in that?!
The stuff of horror movies!
Maine has the coldest water I've ever (under normal swimming aspiration conditions, excluding Jan. 1 plunges and glacial melt pools) set foot in.
I hope the rescuers were prepared!
You got in that?!
The stuff of horror movies!
Maine has the coldest water I've ever (under normal swimming aspiration conditions, excluding Jan. 1 plunges and glacial melt pools) set foot in.
I hope the rescuers were prepared!
