Subject: One badass polar bear Here's a friend I swim with, Rob Dumouchel, who did a 53 degree, 10k swim yesterday, as a fundraiser for the local foodbank. There was a lot of diagonal swell, so he only averaged about 2600yds per hour Without a wetsuit. There's a ton of info and video from his swim at his blog here and here. He's not only a good swimmer, but a great guy. I call him the swim club's mother hen; he's always here and there keeping track of the less experienced swimmers. I've only seen him in a wetsuit once in water that's about this cold year 'round.
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