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Saturday discussion post: never say never (44/365)
A few weeks ago, my swimming friends and I watched a documentary about ice swimming and all agreed that we probably drew the line at breaking ice to get into the water.
We should probably all have realised that that was a perfectly good theoretical position, but as soon as there was actually ice to break we'd all be far too curious about what it would be like to stay out.
It turns out ice swimming is amazing (even if it was mostly treading water in a small cleared space). We spent eight minutes bobbing around, breaking off chunks of ice to make a swimming space, laughing delightedly and finding the bemusement of passers-by utterly hilarious.
So, is there anything you've sworn you wouldn't do right up until the opportunity to try it presented itself?
We should probably all have realised that that was a perfectly good theoretical position, but as soon as there was actually ice to break we'd all be far too curious about what it would be like to stay out.
It turns out ice swimming is amazing (even if it was mostly treading water in a small cleared space). We spent eight minutes bobbing around, breaking off chunks of ice to make a swimming space, laughing delightedly and finding the bemusement of passers-by utterly hilarious.
So, is there anything you've sworn you wouldn't do right up until the opportunity to try it presented itself?