August 12th, the Furthest North open water swim in North America! Located in Sitka, Alaska.
Men's and women's age group and Relay divisions will be awarded trophies and ribbons.
Solo or relay 10k, 5k and 1k open water swims in Sitka Sound, with a water temperature range in the mid 50’s. The course will start at the Mount Edgecumbe High School ramp on Japonski Island. The course will then take the swimmers north out of Sitka Channel and westward along the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historic Site and loop back to the Mt. Edgecumbe ramp to finish. A turnaround point in course will be available for those swimming the 5k and 1K distances.
Sanction pending with USMS.
Visit www.changeyourlatitude.org for more information.
And, our discussion leads me to wonder if there are more people than I imagined who would actually want to do this event without a wetsuit—seems pretty nutso to me. Have to admit though, you don’t write like a nut. I suppose the best way to be reasonably assured we are only allowing genuine cold-acclimated skin swimmers to participate is asking for a signed statement indicating that they have successfully completed other events under similar temperature and sea conditions—and with as strong a liability waiver as we can concoct.
see link for the 2010 Veterans Day (nov6) 5k at Coney Island:
cibbows.org/.../2010VDresults.pdf
And, our discussion leads me to wonder if there are more people than I imagined who would actually want to do this event without a wetsuit—seems pretty nutso to me. Have to admit though, you don’t write like a nut. I suppose the best way to be reasonably assured we are only allowing genuine cold-acclimated skin swimmers to participate is asking for a signed statement indicating that they have successfully completed other events under similar temperature and sea conditions—and with as strong a liability waiver as we can concoct.
see link for the 2010 Veterans Day (nov6) 5k at Coney Island:
cibbows.org/.../2010VDresults.pdf
