by Ryan Stramrood, Distance Adventure Swimmer, South Africa | Dec 12, 2024 | article, Swimming
What is Extreme Cold Water or Ice Swimming? As there are very few who will in their life times attempt an extreme cold swim (6-11C, 43-52F) and/or an ice swim (0-5C, 32-42F), I will just touch on this. Note that the level of acclimatization below is more specific to...
by Ryan Stramrood, Distance Adventure Swimmer, South Africa | Dec 12, 2024 | article, Swimming
What is Cold Water Distance Swimming? If I had a buck for every time I have been asked WHY anyone would want to spend time in ‘cold water’, I would be a rich man. Cold open water distance swimming is not a sport for everybody. It is roughly defined to take place in...