Jan
04
2009
Our friend Steven Munatones at the 10kswimmer blog compiled a list of historical moments in open water swimming. These swims are interesting to us since most of the 10DL challenges involve long distance open water swims, and the swims provide us with inspiration/ideas for our future 10DL challenges! To compile the list, he asked a panel of [...]
Dec
25
2008
Wanted to share this presentation with all of you. It is a useful guide to warm and cold open water swimming, written from a medical point of view.
Tags: open water swimming, sports medicine
Dec
16
2008
So this video definitely needs an introduction. We asked Hulk Hogan to say some encouraging words for our 10 Degrees Latitude team and he did! Check it out. I laugh every time I watch it.
Hulk Hogan encourages 10 Degrees Latitude from Neal Mueller on Vimeo.
Tags: 10 degrees latitude, hulk hogan
Dec
14
2008
Photo taken at 8AM in San Francisco, the best city in the world for nature-lovers.
Tags: Nature, Photo, san francisco, world
Dec
14
2008
In mountain climbing the unsung heroes are the sherpas/porters. In open water swimming the unsung heroes are the pilot boats.
Typically I’m a swimmer, and pilot boats protect me. Today I had the opportunity to switch roles. I piloted a swim with 25 swimmers. There were 5 other pilot boats including me.
Role of the pilot boat [...]
Tags: dolphin club, mountain, open water, open water swimming, photography, pilot boats, Piloting, Reuben, rowboat, sherpa, tidal current, unsung heroes, vantage point, water temp, Whitehall, wooden rowboat
Nov
07
2008
It’s only natural that people should ask why we swim without wetsuits. The water in the San Francisco Bay varies is normally in the 50F range. That is cold compared to an 80F swimming pool or a 95F bath.
212F Water Boils
95F Hot Bath/Shower
80F Swimming Pool
63F San Francisco Bay Water Temperature (Summer)
47F San Francisco Bay Water [...]
Tags: blog, channel crossings, cold water, competitions, degree, degree water, existance, F Swimming, Francisco Bay, friend michelle, hot bath, macy, michelle macy, range, sauna, school friend, shout, Shower, Summer, swam, swimmers, swimming, swimming pool, Temperature, unfair advantage, Wetsuits