Londoners’ attitude toward outdoor swimming is subtly obstinate. The city rediscovers its lidos and ponds with an almost evangelical fervor…
Browsing: Swimming Skills
Watching families spread their towels on a British beach with kids running toward the water while raw sewage is being…
Somewhere along Hampstead Heath’s meandering streets, the city loses its sense of reality. The sound of traffic decreases. After the…
When you’re standing next to a tub of cold water with a thermometer in your hand and no steam rising…
Standing at the edge of a natural pond in the middle of London and watching strangers wade into dark, opaque…
Every logical part of your brain tells you to stop right before you lower yourself into 14-degree water. The surface…
It’s nearly impossible to comprehend being pulled underwater by an unidentifiable object. It is not a current. Not rubble. “Something…
At some point during the second week of summer, the thought of renovating a backyard pool completely ceases to be…
It was a typical afternoon. As Labor Day weekend draws to a close, families, towels the scent of sunscreen baking…
In competitive swimming, there is a moment when the spectators pause to take in what just transpired after the race…