Category: Winter Swimming
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Extreme Cold Water Swimming | InTrouble
Ryan Stramrood from South Africa is an extreme ice swimmer. His body adapted to be able to swim long distances in sub-zero water temperatures 😱
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Ice Swimming in Finland: Why Finns Love It & How You Can Try It Too | Her Finland
Have you ever heard of ice swimming? In this video, I’m going to share everything you need to know about ice swimming in Finland.
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Swim for Ukraine: Human Floating Flag by Half Moon Swim Club | FRO Life Experience
Swimmers of the Half Moon swim club form a floating Ukraine flag in Dublin bay in a charity swim in aid of support for Ukraine.
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Polar Plunge: Swimmers Brave Bitter Cold Weather to Take Dip In the Bay | KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
Temperatures in the 40s weren’t enough to delay a morning swim in the Bay
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Diver Gets Disorientated Swimming in Frozen Lake as Frantic Rescuers Try to Smash Ice | Daily Star
This is the heart-stopping moment a free diver gets disorientated while swimming in a frozen lake as his desperate colleagues try to smash the ice to get him out before he drowns. Slovak athlete Boris Oravec, 31, was taking part in the 20-meter under-ice swim when he became disorientated and began to desperately search for…
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‘Freezin’ For A Reason’ Fundraising Swim At Falmouth Heights Beach | CBS Boston
WBZ-TV’s Ken MacLeod has the story
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Brave Swimmers Take “Penguin Plunge†in Westfield’s Hampton Ponds | WWLP-22News
It’s probably not the first thing you think of when you see a cold body of water: jumping into it. But that’s exactly what dozens of people did today, taking the Penguin Plunge into Westfield’s Hampton Ponds.
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Cold-Water Swimming: What You Can Do to Acclimatize to the Temperature
There are three potentially hazardous physiological responses associated with going into cold water. The first is the cold shock response (CSR), which is the uncontrollable gasping, breathing, and increase in heart rate that occurs for about 90 seconds when you first go in. The second is cooling of the nerves and muscles close to the surface…
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Warming up for a Chilly Challenge – Swimmers Prepare to Tackle Ice Mile in Dublin | RTÉ News
Twenty-five people are preparing for one of the toughest swimming tests on the planet – an ‘ice mile’ at the Clontarf Baths in Dublin. The 10th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim will see participants attempt to swim a mile in water of 5C or less, wearing only hat, togs and goggles.