Category: Winter Swimming

For most of us swimming is perhaps something we normally do in the summer, ideally in warm Mediterranean waters or, if pushed, at the local swimming pool, provided the temperature mirrors that of the Bahamas. So, spare a though for those hardy souls who will be competing in this years UK Cold water swimming Championships.…

Men from a Serbian knights organisation dive into Belgrade’s chilly Sava river to retrieve a wooden cross in a religious rite held on the eve of Epiphany, a Christian holiday marking the baptism of Jesus. The icy epiphany swim is a tradition held in many Orthodox Christian countries.

“It’s going to make you feel so good!” Katja Pantzar hears her friend call out encouragingly as she stands on a wooden dock in central Helsinki on a cold, dark and snowy winter evening. It’s 14 F (-10 C), but all Pantzar is wearing is a swimsuit, a wool hat and borrowed neoprene gloves and…

It might be in the 20s outside, but that didn’t stop one man from trying to swim across the Chicago River. Luckily for him, a security guard spotted him in trouble, and police officers helped pull him to safety. CBS 2’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Short aerial video of a cold water swimmer in Skerries, Ireland #skerries #swim #swimming #coldwaterswimmer #frostiesskerries

Join me as I give in the irresistible urge to swim in the snow! This is Episode 3 of my Vlog: Adventures with Jeff Grant. In today’s episode, I swim on a snowy day in January in the Zürisee (Lake Zurich), in the village where I live near Zurich. The water temp is 6C /43F,…

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The Patriarch of Constantinople celebrates the Epiphany Mass before blessing the waters of the Golden Horn with a cross that young Greek Orthodox Christians recovered by diving into the icy water. The winner this year is Mihalis Vosnakiris.

Bakersfield College swim team hosts a polar plunge to raise money for new swim equipment and uniforms.