Just to keep
andygates's 10km-swim-racing thread from getting cluttered up, here's a thread for nattering about the related, noncompetitive sport of wild-swimming, swim-hiking, etc.
Some links:
Outdoor Swimming Associationhttp://www.river-swimming.co.uk/http://www.wildswimming.co.uk/book.htmlhttp://swimsac.co.uk/=========================================
I'm really into this idea of swim-exploring (swim-pootling?), but I'm struggling to think of places to go. Most of the rivers around here aren't deep enough to swim in, and there are lots of cattle upstream
. Most of the publicly-owned lakes are either reservoirs (where I don't think swimming is allowed) or public parks with small, roped-off swimming areas and open areas for boating/fishing.
But, especially if I could hack an old pack into a "swimsac," it'd be great to try. At first I wondered why I never did this as a kid in Florida, but then I remembered--alligators.
