![]() ![]() "I felt as if the sea were pulling me right away from England," she said later. It is so volatile, you can see the swirling currents so unpredictable, you can start in a lake and soon be battered by crushing swells so demonic, the turn of the tide can keep you from your goal, as Ederle discovered just offshore of Kent. And that was just the temperature at the surface, in August, when the icy waters heated up. The water measured a nippy 61 degrees when Gertrude Ederle struck out in 1926 to become the first female swimmer to cross it. ![]() Don't just stand there dipping your toe and wondering if it's warm enough, because if you are in Britain chances are it won't be."Įspecially if you're dipping that toe into the English Channel. ![]() One of the founders of the wild swimming movement in Britain, where hardy souls seek the least hospitable swimming holes, advises, "You must get in with purpose. Open-water swimming is not for the faint of heart or the easily chilled. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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