satanellus wrote:
Top effort!
Though we need more details. Like swim distance and how long you were in for?
And a bit of backstory. I'm guessing it was preceded by a drunken conversation with someone suggesting "We should going swimming tomorrow". That's usually how these things escalate.
This was in fact the result of a text discussion (while drinking) the night before. My wife agreed to accompany us in a kayak, and she took the photo's.
It was pretty windy, so we stayed in a sheltered cove. At the start, we went about 100m and stopped to discuss how long the madness would continue. We kept going (away from our starting point) another 100-200m. Then we turned around and headed back. I'd guess the total distance ~400-500m. This short distance was mostly due to me being out of swim shape, because at the point we had acclimated to the cold water and could have stayed in longer.
We hung out in the water for a few extra minutes at the end (for pic's and conversation). Total time in the water was about 15 minutes.