Encouraged by Jeri-Lou’s FB post yesterday reporting that the ice had cleared around L1, Nick, I, and Nick’s father-in-law Jim made the jaunt down toRead More
Author: Steve
We were hoping to get in a swim on Sunday out at L1, and the swim area looked pretty promising from a distance. While theRead More
Martin and I met down at MSW at 9:00am, and the swim area was an absolute nightmare. The south winds had pushed all the iceRead More
For the first winter swim of 2013, I decided to hightail it on down to the south wall at Montrose Beach. And that turned outRead More
We’ve officially hit the “slush zone” out at the lakefront. The lake temp came in at a crisp 32F/33F – far warmer than the 17FRead More
Dave and Mike met up with new Lake/Ice Monster Helen earlier today out at Tower Beach. Helen first gave it a whirl in her wetsuit,Read More
Dave and I met out at Tower Beach this morning for my first sub-40F swim of the year. The lake temp came in at aRead More
Be sure to thank a veteran today.
Five of us met out at the lakefront for our first swim of November. The air temp was a biting 36F, but we had clearRead More
We’re still above 50F in the lake, folks! The air temperature, though, was a different story at a rather arctic 35F… A resilient group ofRead More