I decided to take advantage of the sunny, 60F weather and went out to Lighthouse Beach for a quick dip. There is NO WAY thatRead More
Author: Steve
We got up an hour earlier this morning and headed out to MSW. However, Dave scouted out the area beforehand and deemed it to beRead More
Charles Cushman was born in the small southern Indiana town of Poseyville in 1896. Like many other young and enterprising Midwesterners, he felt the drawRead More
Chapter 2: Pre-Swim Preparation – The Real Key to Mastering Cold Water Settings As noted previously, 80% of the challenge involved with swimming for extendedRead More
Dave, Mike and new Lake/Ice Monster James made it out to MSW today for a swim in the tumultuous lake. Here’s Dave’s report! The sunRead More
Chapter 1: The Inner Game – How Your Brain Works in the Open Water (and elsewhere) Here’s a quick exercise I want you to doRead More
This time of year is one of extremes out at the lake. The air is often bracingly cold. The sun can be preternaturally bright onRead More
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Chapter 3: Gear Selection When the lake temperature dips below 55F, a strange thing happens – namely, most people decide that it’s too cold toRead More
Here’s Dave, Mike, and Nick out at MSW getting in a morning swim in a blazing hot 37.5F Lake Michigan! I’m still fighting off aRead More