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(Non) Swim Report – January 23, 2016 – Frozen Out

January 23, 2016 By Steve

The air temperature was a fiery 31F this morning out at the lake, but an east wind had forced all of the ice onto theRead More

Swim Report – January 16, 2016 – Cold Swells

January 18, 2016 By Steve

Three of us met out at L1 during a veritable heat wave. The 27F air temperature was downright balmy compared to the single digit tempsRead More

Swim Report – December 19, 2015 – Hints of January

December 20, 2015 By Steve

In stark contrast to last week’s meetup, yesterday’s swim was more akin to something we’d normally experience in mid to late January… I arrived a bit earlyRead More

Swim Report – December 12, 2015 – April Redux

December 13, 2015 By Steve

Tim, Fred, and I met out at L1 on a morning that looked nothing like mid-December. With the dense fog, 50F air temperature, and 44.2FRead More

Swim Report – December 5, 2015 – Sunny Chill

December 6, 2015 By Steve

Five of us met out at L1 just a little before sunrise. The air, at 31F, was a bit nippy, but the lake was mostlyRead More

Swim Report – November 21, 2015 – Sleet Beach

November 22, 2015 By Steve

A larger than expected group of hearty Lake Monsters met out at L1 to take on big bad Lake Michigan. Unfortunately, L1 was a chaoticRead More

Swim Report – October 31, 2015 – Happy Halloween!

November 1, 2015 By Steve

Three of us made it out on a drizzly All Hallow’s Eve morning and managed to get a swim in the turbulent lake. Getting inRead More

Swim Report – October 24, 2015 – June Redux?

October 25, 2015 By Steve

After the winterlike weather out at L1 last week, Ma Nature decided to swing the pendulum the other way for us on Saturday morning. TheRead More

Swim Report – October 17, 2015 – October Swells!

October 18, 2015 By Steve

Saturday morning greeted us with a 39F air temperature coupled with a sustained 10 mph wind from the east. The lake itself was rather restlessRead More

Swim Report – October 10, 2015 – Autumn Perfection

October 12, 2015 By Steve

It was a brisk 47F outside when I stepped out into the darkness and started up my car on Saturday morning. But I could seeRead More

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