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The Sum of All Fears: A short list of open water swimming fears

(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…

December 9, 2014 in Open Water swimming.

A Short List of Open Water Swimming-related Fears

I was thinking about the fears that hinder open water swimmers or potential open water swimmers. It always amazes me how many non-swimmers (or even swimmers) have a seemingly visceral fear of even the idea of swimming over deep water, swimming in the dark or imagining themselves over a deep section of sea with potential…

February 10, 2012 in Open Water swimming.

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