Some of my Master's swimmers and I have been training for months to swim across Crater Lake. There is a boat manned by the park service that drops hikers off on Wizard Island and picks them up a few hours later. Instead of taking the boat back, we swam! About 6.3 miles, it took us around 2:40 of swimming time, but we were able to get out and warm ourselves on some rocks at around the halfway point. Water temperatures from about 56 - 61.
Crater Lake is the deepest in North America (we swam over one section of 1,700 feet deep!) and the clearest. You could look across and see other swimmers dozens of yards away as if they were floating in glass. It was AMAZING. I was so thrilled to be able to do this, especially after breaking my arm in June. I didn't have near the training time I'd hoped for, but it all held together during the swim.
Full write-up with photos is here.
[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bYTm8ksBHsc/TlPfPa2wR_I/AAAAAAAAGiQ/1...
The snow in the background
The snow in the background is priceless, LOL. It was COLD!
wow! what a creative and
wow! what a creative and great adventure!
That is awesome! I grew up
That is awesome! I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but left when I was 18--I'm now feeling all nostalgic. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing this with us.
What an awsome idea! I'm
What an awsome idea! I'm jealous!
So very cool. And if my
So very cool. And if my math is correct, you guys swam at a pretty wicked clip. Is that roughly 1:27/100yd?
Simply outstanding! That's
Simply outstanding! That's an accomplishment. Great photo too.
Fantastic, its a shame that
Fantastic, its a shame that you didn't have an underwater camera, but what a great adventure.
Wow! Thanks for posting. I
Wow! Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed reading your write up.
Thanks for sharing this
Thanks for sharing this Robin. What a wonderful experience it must have been. I continue to find your attitude and the way you live life to be inspiring.
That is so awesome! That's
That is so awesome! That's some motivation to swim. I want to do that :-)
amazing swim, amazing photos.
amazing swim, amazing photos.
What a helliferocious
What a helliferocious adventure! I love it when folks like you do really cool things like that...just for fun!
This just might be one of my
This just might be one of my all time favorite adventures. Fantastic.
That's freaking cool. That's
That's freaking cool. That's weird thinking of a lake that's that deep. Well done and pretty darn fast at that distance too.
PJT wrote:So very cool. And
[quote=PJT]So very cool. And if my math is correct, you guys swam at a pretty wicked clip. Is that roughly 1:27/100yd? [/quote]
Yeah, we did a pretty good pace. But that's with a full wetsuit, and it felt pretty comfortable just gliding along!
robmathews66
[quote=robmathews66]Fantastic, its a shame that you didn't have an underwater camera, but what a great adventure.[/quote]
I did bring my little underwater point and shoot. Here's one of the videos I took. Amazing stuff!
https://picasaweb.google.com/105276736046012366481/CraterLakeSwim2011#56...
I want to put a bunch of the photos and videos together with music and all, but that might be a project for this fall. I'll put it here when I'm done.
That looks amazing!!!!
That looks amazing!!!!
That looks like an amazing
That looks like an amazing time!
Anton wrote:What a
[quote=Anton]What a helliferocious adventure! I love it when folks like you do really cool things like that...just for fun![/quote]
Helliferocious, now there's an awesome word!
This is the summer of the non-event adventures for me. And I'm really loving it! Especially the not-paying-entry-fees part...
This Saturday I'm doing a Nothingman trail marathon around a wilderness lake with my hubby on mountain bike for support/aid station.
Amazing Photos, I was open
Amazing Photos, I was open water swimming last night and could just about see my hand in the water, swimming in that lake must have been amazing.
Those shots look epic Robin.
Those shots look epic Robin. Makes me wanna jump right in.
You continue to
You continue to inspire....and lead, and positivise, and encourage and be an all round example about how to live life. Great stuff. But I think I would get vertigo in water that deep :-)
Ironmom wrote:robmathews66
[quote=Ironmom][quote=robmathews66]Fantastic, its a shame that you didn't have an underwater camera, but what a great adventure.[/quote]
I did bring my little underwater point and shoot. Here's one of the videos I took. Amazing stuff!
I want to put a bunch of the photos and videos together with music and all, but that might be a project for this fall. I'll put it here when I'm done.[/quote]
video link too long - relinked here
Awesome Robin! It sounds
Awesome Robin! It sounds like a blast. You are one tough chick.