Comments on: Swim Report – March 5, 2010 – 36F and rising! http://openwaterchicago.com/2010/03/05/swim-report-march-5-2010-36f-and-rising/ Adventures in Fitness Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: diver dave http://openwaterchicago.com/2010/03/05/swim-report-march-5-2010-36f-and-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-753 diver dave Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:48:44 +0000 http://openwaterchicago.com/?p=4973#comment-753 HOLY CATS.... FRIDAY WE SWAM IN 2 TO 3 FOOT CHOP IN BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE SO WE DECIDED TO SWIM ON SATURDAY AGAIN...WELL I FROVE AROUND THE OAK ST CURVE AND CALLED STEVE TO CONFIRM IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A SWIM AGAIN WITH 2 TO 3 INCH WAVES ON THE WATER... WE SUITED UP IN THE LOT AND WALKED OVER TO LADDER #1 LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SWIM... GUESS WHAT? IT WAS FROZEN OVER SOILD WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ICE WITH NO OPENINGS AS FAR AS THE EYES COULD SEE ... BOO HOO WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I KEPT STEVE FROM CRYING HIS EYES OUT AN WE WALKED TO NORTH AVE BEACH AND LO AND BEHOLD THE BEACH AREA OUT TO JUST PAST THE STEEL WALL WAS NOT ONLY ICE FREE BUT MIRROR FLAT ! ! !. WE SWAM A MILE AND VENTURED OUT TO THE ICE A FEW TIMES FOR FUN AND ENJOYED THE WONDERFUL WARM SUNSHINE. HOLY CATS…. FRIDAY WE SWAM IN 2 TO 3 FOOT CHOP IN BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE SO WE DECIDED TO SWIM ON SATURDAY AGAIN…WELL I FROVE AROUND THE OAK ST CURVE AND CALLED STEVE TO CONFIRM IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A SWIM AGAIN WITH 2 TO 3 INCH WAVES ON THE WATER…
WE SUITED UP IN THE LOT AND WALKED OVER TO LADDER #1 LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SWIM…
GUESS WHAT? IT WAS FROZEN OVER SOILD WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ICE WITH NO OPENINGS AS FAR AS THE EYES COULD SEE … BOO HOO WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I KEPT STEVE FROM CRYING HIS EYES OUT AN WE WALKED TO NORTH AVE BEACH AND LO AND BEHOLD THE BEACH AREA OUT TO JUST PAST THE STEEL WALL WAS NOT ONLY ICE FREE BUT MIRROR FLAT ! ! !. WE SWAM A MILE AND VENTURED OUT TO THE ICE A FEW TIMES FOR FUN AND ENJOYED THE WONDERFUL WARM SUNSHINE.

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