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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2678289" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>I'm a bit jealous of you having an ocean available!</p><p>Sounds like you're already thinking of how to implement safety measures, so I won't bore you with those, agree with not going alone though.</p><p></p><p>Besides, I'm not the person to ask, last weekend my neighbour and I, after a lot of beer and whisky decided that swimming in the shallow and muddy canal next to my house at 3 AM was a perfect plan. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite39" alt=":hilarious:" title="Hilarious :hilarious:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":hilarious:" /></p><p>We were not wrong, lots of fun has been had (and I still have to retrieve my other neighbour's ladder which is hopefully still there after our midnight adventure), but I think this goes against all sensible advice on winter swimming.</p><p>The one safety measure we took was to have another neighbour go along to keep an eye on us, who laughed his backside off at his two fat, idiot, naked neighbours. (Naked because we had been swimming at 10 PM as well, so our swimwear was wet. And enough whisky was involved to not care, despite usually having some body image issues.)</p><p></p><p>So be warned, this open water swimming can be addictive and lead to unusual behaviour! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite39" alt=":hilarious:" title="Hilarious :hilarious:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":hilarious:" /></p><p></p><p>I'll include the link to an informative website on the subject, written by much more sensible people than I am, just in case someone stumbles on this thread in the future: <a href="https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/category/survive/getting-started/" target="_blank">https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/category/survive/getting-started/</a></p><p>Please listen to them and don't do as I do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2678289, member: 372207"] I'm a bit jealous of you having an ocean available! Sounds like you're already thinking of how to implement safety measures, so I won't bore you with those, agree with not going alone though. Besides, I'm not the person to ask, last weekend my neighbour and I, after a lot of beer and whisky decided that swimming in the shallow and muddy canal next to my house at 3 AM was a perfect plan. :hilarious: We were not wrong, lots of fun has been had (and I still have to retrieve my other neighbour's ladder which is hopefully still there after our midnight adventure), but I think this goes against all sensible advice on winter swimming. The one safety measure we took was to have another neighbour go along to keep an eye on us, who laughed his backside off at his two fat, idiot, naked neighbours. (Naked because we had been swimming at 10 PM as well, so our swimwear was wet. And enough whisky was involved to not care, despite usually having some body image issues.) So be warned, this open water swimming can be addictive and lead to unusual behaviour! :hilarious: I'll include the link to an informative website on the subject, written by much more sensible people than I am, just in case someone stumbles on this thread in the future: [URL]https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/category/survive/getting-started/[/URL] Please listen to them and don't do as I do! [/QUOTE]
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