Last Swim: Wednesday 6:15am
Next Swims: M-F 6:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. 8 a.m. and noon. (Not sure about the 5:30 pm situation)
(Blog comments may have other swims)
Water temp: 50....yes, 50!!!
Air Temp: 64
Surf Report: Some waves, SW breeze blowing our towels around on the beach.
Clarity: Too cold to notice
Kru: Lydia the Tattoo'd Lady, Fin-Fyn Klodecky, Lt. MJ, Showgirl, Dragonfly
Shore Support: A La Mode, Wim Hofers
This was not even close to a sunrise swim...pre-dawn, with the sky lightening ever so gradually in spectacular colors to the east.
TTL announced the temperature, and immediately people began to gear up more slowly, rearranging items on their blankets, anything to the avoid the actual moment of submersion.
Discussion began with a generational divide, with Lt. MJ referencing Mister Magoo and Fin-Fyn stating "I don't even know what that is." The rest of us reminisced about Mr. Magoo's blythe myopia which led him on adventures such as driving into a gladiator pit of lions, being launched in a moon rocket, and confronting his own mortality in A Christmas Carol.
But the great thing about being Mr. Magoo, is that everything works out in the end.
Lt. MJ shared this helpful link: “ https://youtu.be/t8GTHXTEvIc ”
Swims were pretty conversative and centered around the rocks, with no one wanting to go too far in the darkness "in case they had a heart attack." Even TTL's adventure light, which flashed like a strobe in her buoy, was only intermittently visible.
"I'm just here for the waves and the sunset," said TTL.
The water was startingly cold, but brought on a sense of euphoria once you recovered from the shock.
Fin-Fyn, in skin with sleeves, gloves and booties, scored 1,000 yards! "I was thinking about the science," she said as we shivered back into our shore clothes, "like how can you be standing in a swimsuit in 50-degree air, and its fine, but 50 degree water is devastating."
"But at least you would still have your armpits," said Showgirl in one of those logic leaps attributable at least in part to hypothermia. Oddly, we all seemed to understand what she meant.
A lone Wim Hofer and fiery sky captured by TTL
4 comments:
Ya'll so impressive.
Last Swim: Sat noon
Water temp: ....44 per Duck-o-Meter
Air Temp: 50's
Surf Report: Some waves, not much.
Clarity: good
Kru: Brick, Itch, IceDaug (skin swim)
My first swim in the lake since my bike crash was an invigorating 44 F. A good temperature for getting acclimated to ice swimming (41 F. and below). I take it as a sign from the Lady of the Lake for a good season of open water cold water swimming. In speedo of course. It was good to be back and commencorating with the traditional salutatory shots of Pitch.
Moondaug, great to see you are back and healthy!
👍
Post a Comment