How to wild swim What to know before taking the plunge
Book - 2023
The manual every amateur wild swimmer needs to listen to before diving in. Whether you want to explore remote beaches and mountain lochs, improve your confidence in open water, refine your swimming technique, or have a race or long-distance swim challenge coming up, How to Wild Swim offers the perfect practical foundation to help you find your perfect adventure and achieve your goal. This body conditioning sport is praised for not only making us stronger and healthier but also happier too. Wetsuits are optional, in fact no expensive gear is essential. Nailing the how-to, however, is key. Expert wild swimmer Ella Foote offers the ultimate guide to mastering the practicalities and techniques and answers your most frequently asked questions so... that you can feel safe, have fun, and re-energize. So no matter what your goal--short wild swims and weekend breaks, to full adventure swimming expeditions and off-grid vacations--dive right in and submerge yourself in this wild, watery, fearless book.
- Subjects
- Published
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New York, NY :
DK
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First American edition
- Physical Description
- 160 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780744084481
- Diving in
- 1. Why swim wild?
- 2. Can you swim?
- 3. What to wear
- 4. Swim gear
- 5. Where to swim
- 6. Bodies of water
- 7. Risks! Is it safe?
- 8. Hot and cold conditions
- 9. The seasons and weather
- 10. Preparing to swim
- 11. Swimming strokes and skills
- 12. After-swim care
- Top 20 places to wild swim
- Index
- Further reading
- Acknowledgments
