After several years of cold water training, my brothers and me have grown used to long periods spent pawing through murky water. Hopefully we’ve picked up a few tricks that might be useful to those of you who’re less confident in open water.

Ways To Manage the Cold Water

Depending on when and where you go wild swimming, there is a fair chance that the water will be cold...

Prepare For Something No One Has Done Before

How do you mentally prepare to swim across the two biggest and most powerful maelstroms in the world? It's a question I repeatedly asked myself in the run-up to our Into the Maelstrom expedition…

Plan Your Own Adventure

All this reading is great isn’t it? Although I bet what you really want to do now is get outside and go on your very own adventure…

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Adapt To Swimming River Rapids

One of the key things you’ll need for a river swimming adventure is an open mind and an ability to adapt and relish challenges…

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Combat Deep Water Fear

Do you ever get that lurching feeling in your stomach when the bottom of the lake, riverbed or ocean disappears as you swim out into deeper waters?

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Guides

Advice & tips for small adventures in a big, fast world

Depending on when and where you go wild swimming, there is a fair chance that the water will be cold...

All this reading is great isn’t it? Although I bet what you really want to do now is get outside and go on your very own adventure…

One of the key things you’ll need for a river swimming adventure is an open mind and an ability to adapt and relish challenges…

Do you ever get that lurching feeling in your stomach when the bottom of the lake, riverbed or ocean disappears as you swim out into deeper waters?