Ned Hastings completed his first Ice Mile in 37 minutes in 4.2°C water and -1°C air in the Columbia River in Washington at the age of 55.
Ned Hastings completed an unprecedented swim across the length of Priest Lake in a 14 hour 24 minute crossing in Idaho.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers always gaze upon bodies of water and wonder what it feels like to swim in, what the flow of the water is, what the water temperature feels like, and what is visible under the water (the marine life, the depth, the clarity). Some water is salty and bright blue; others are tasty fresh and
