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RE: The Old Dog Experiences: Skin Tightening and Tingling After A Frigid Mountain Water Swim.

in #coldwater7 years ago (edited)

Ciao cane vecchio,
this post was very interesting for me, because I like to swim in similar holes during my mountain hikes. You spent more than 10 minutes in the cold water; that's really a long long time! At about 10 degrees Celsius I can only stay in for about half a minute.
Here you can see me with a "gumpe" which I just used to cool me down:

Cold showers are always good after 15 minutes in the sauna.

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Great photo thanks! Your low BMI while impressive is too good. Drink more beer! All kidding aside everyone is different but you can get used to it. I have an unheated pool at my home and I swim starting at 18°C otherwise it doesn't get used much. Even at 10 or 15° if you can get past the first few minutes it gets better!