During the winters I've been swimming in winter, my swims have become longer and longer as well as has my control over the freezing feeling. Nowadays I actually really swim there, not just take a dip. read more
The second entering to the water without getting heat between feels extremely cold. I feel like my toes would leave my feet. (This is just a personal fancy that most winter swimmer don't do.) After the swim it is usual to sit down for a while before going back to the sauna. At this point the feeling is very balanced. read more
As for cold-water swimming, she’s not as keen on it as others, and wears a wetsuit in winter (a no-no for more militant swimmers). But she certainly makes it look easy in the film, standing on the Sugary Cove beach, near Dartmouth Castle, in a wetsuit and woolly hat, before calmly walking into the chilly water and setting off around the cliffs. read more
Winter swimming is the activity of swimming during the winter season, typically in outdoor locations (open water swimming) or in unheated pools or lidos. In colder countries it may be synonymous with ice swimming, when the water is frozen over. read more