Category: Winter Swimming
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The Lyme Lunge 2024, New Year’s Day Charity Swim, Lyme Regis, Dorset | Love Lyme Regis
A huge crowd saw over 1,000 take the plunge at the Lyme Lunge 2024. The annual New Year’s Day fancy dress charity dip in the sea organised by the Rotary Club of Lyme Regis was this year in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society and Asthma + Lung UK. Hardy souls braved the chilly waters, many…
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Thousands Take Part in Vancouver’s Annual Polar Bear Swim | CityNews
Thousands of people in Vancouver dove into 2024 by taking a dip into the chilly waters of English Bay for the annual Polar Bear Swim.
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Swimmers Brave Annual Christmas Day Race in London’s Serpentine | Sky News Australia
The UK has recorded one of its warmest Christmas days on record, making it a little easier for swimmers to go for their annual dip. Around a dozen Londoners have plunged into the freezing waters of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park for an annual Christmas Day swim. The 91.4-meter (100-yard) course has been a…
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Traditional Christmas Swim Into Freezing Lake in Berlin With Swimmers Dressed in Santa Hats | Euronews
Members of the Berliner Seals swimming club, donning Santa hats, participated in their traditional Christmas swim in Lake Oranke, Berlin, despite the chilly water temperature of 5°C and air temperature of 11°C. This 40-year-old tradition was followed by carol singing and discussions about the health benefits of winter ice dipping and year-round swimming. Berliners embrace…
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The Euphoria of Cold-Water Immersion | Swimming Through | The New Yorker Documentary
In Samantha Sanders’s documentary short, a group of women find pandemic solace, in a death-defying ritual.
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Ice-Swimming Enthusiasts in Siberia Brave the Season’s First Freezing Dip | The Guardian
Ice-swimming enthusiasts in the Siberian city of Omsk welcomed winter with the season’s first freezing dip. Dozens of locals, who call themselves ‘walruses’, gathered at the bank of the Irtysh River to participate in an amateur race or simply to brave the 3C (37.4F) waters. The air temperature hovered at around zero (32F). The youngest…
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Swimmers Brave the Cold to Take Part in Tasmania’s Annual Nude Swim | Sky News Australia
A record number of people have braved the cold in Hobart’s River Derwent to take part in Dark Mofo’s annual nude swim. The solstice swim celebrates light after the longest night of the year.