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
Dave and Mike took advantage of the amazing weather earlier in the week to get in a swim at Tower Beach. They, of course, textedRead More
The general consensus of this morning was that it was one of the coldest – if not the coldest – swim outing we’ve had sinceRead More
We’ve had a string of warmer days now that have broken up the ice, so the lakefront looks pretty clear. I can’t wait to getRead More
Yet another strange adventure out at the lakefront… Mike and I rolled into the park by Montrose Beach just before 8:00am, and something just didn’tRead More
