Bob and Andrew are up for a family reunion in the big LODGE. They recently completed their Dive Certification course, out of North Bay, and this week in Barrie picked up these snazzy new wet suits.
Couldn't wait to try them out. Hopped off the end of the dock... and discovered that with these babies on, you virtually cannot sink! There were moments when they resembled Rick Mercer doing synchro swimming...
They had a lot of fun bobbing about, despite the water being only about 15 degrees Celsius. There was a lot of splashing and laughing, and playing with the bouyancy.
There have been two books published recently in England, Wild Swim (Kate Rews) and Wild Swimming (Daniel Start)... only the English could spin out the benefits of swimming in cold, natural water into two books...
"To enter wild water is to cross a border. You pass the lake's edge and you break the surface of the water itself. In doing so, you move from one realm into another: a realm of freedom, adventure, magic and occasionally of danger" begins the introduction to Wild Swim. The experience is described as providing a frog's eye view of the world.
Wild swimming, perfectly achieved in the lake here at Bondi, doesn't just promote literary endeavour: it is also good for you. According to NASA, who test this sort of thing, swimming in cold water lowers blood pressure and cholesterol, reduces fat disposition, inhibits blood clotting and increases fertility and libido. It also provives a natural high.
Mr. Start points out that "you get a complete buzz from swimming in rivers and lakes: however the world looks before you go in, it looks about ahundred times better when you get out."
Not that Bob and Andrew were in any great hurry to get out, suited up like seals, and having a whale of a time.
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