High Altitude Open Water Swimming In California Courtesy of WOWSA, Horseshoe Lake, Mammoth Lakes, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. The world-renowned 1,897m Lake Tahoe is site of many solo swims and annual open water events. There are other high altitude locations around California to participate in and train for high-altitude swims: * 1,577m Lake
Winter Swimming In Lake Arrowhead Dates Back To Crabbe Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Buster Crabbe was a two-time Olympic medalist (1928 and 1932) and a famous movie star and television actor who starred in a number of popular films in the 1930's and 1940's. He also played the title role in the serials Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Buster Crabbe, a two-time Olympic medalist, movie star, and television actor was an individual and aquapreneur before his time. Winter Swimming Crabbe lived in a mountain lodge at Lake Arrowhead, a mountain resort about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. According to Phil Cooper, he swam throughout the year in
