Part I. July saw a trip to the North Channel to crew for Finbarr Hedderman’s successful North Channel solo, and where I was to return later in the summer for another solo crewing task (which ended differently, but more importantly safely). After the North Channel I spent the rest of July on the Copper Coast enjoying…
(Edit: I re-posting this post from 2012 as the recent theme change completely mangled the content and after a couple of hours trying to fix it, I realised I had to rewrite it. So I’ve updated it with a few more relevant terms). I had been thinking about the fears that sometimes hinder open water swimmers or potential…
I made the image below for my American Channel swimming friend and one of the MSF Rules of Marathon Swimming co-authors Elaine Howley. I’ve seen a few articles on coping with open water swimming fears recently, and I though I’d take a contrary and more visual tack. If you suffer from the open water heebeejeebies,…
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