Category: Winter Swimming
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7 Days of Cold Water | Trying the Wim Hof method
I swam in cold water for a week and here is what happened.
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Swimming in Ice Cold Holy Water
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to go Swimming in Ice Cold holy water and today I got to see what it’s all about! I’ve jumped in cold water, lakes and rivers many times after coming out of the banya, when my body is warm, but what would it be like to do…
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Winter Swimming – Polish Walruses – Poland In
Have you ever done winter swimming? It’s a pretty popular activity in Poland! Taking a dip in an ice-cold lake or river might sound extreme but so-called “Walruses” (winter swimmers) says it can improve your health and just feels amazing!. Watch our video to find out more!
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Bhakti Sharma | What Open Water Swimming Taught Me About Resilience
Dive into the deep with open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma, as she shares what she learned about resilience during her personal journey from the scorching heat of Rajasthan, India to the bone-chilling waters of her record-breaking swim in Antarctica and her courageous crossing of the English Channel. “In the middle of the ocean, there is…
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Anna Deacon: Swimming for a Reason
My focus is to find out what motivates people to swim in freezing cold water all year round. Mainly because I love it too and I realised, through doing it, that I was meeting some extraordinary people along the way, all with amazing stories
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Tourist In Iceland Ignores ‘Don’t Walk On The Ice’ Signs, Starts Floating Away On A Chunk Of Ice
We hope this guy’s friends got him a warm bath and a fresh set of clothes stat. See Digg
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How to start Winter Swimming
Starting winter swimming with Colin Hill. When should you start? What’s the best thing to wear? Top tips for getting started…
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Swimming hole at Turner Falls closes for season after two more drownings occur
The swimming hole at Turner Falls Park has closed about a month early after two more people drowned at the popular tourist spot 70 miles south of Oklahoma City. The swimming hole near Davis, which claims Oklahoma’s largest waterfall, closed for a few hours Monday, along with the Blue Hole diving board and slide. The…
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Champion ice swimmer drowns in Yenisei River
Nikolay Petshak, 64, who swam from Russia to America, died in ‘accident’ in river where he carried the Olympic flame. Petshak had been an ice swimmer for 40 years and he drowned while exercising in summer in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk region, confirmed local sporting officials. He was famous for enduring temperatures of 2 or 3C…