1001 Outdoor Swimming Tips (eBook)

Environmental, safety, training and gear advice for cold-water, open-water and wild swimmers

Calum Maclean (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
Vertebrate Digital (Verlag)
978-1-83981-124-1 (ISBN)

Infos

1001 Outdoor Swimming Tips by Calum Maclean is a light-hearted and informative guide to all kinds of outdoor and wild swimming. This is no standard instruction manual - it is much more useful than that. This is a huge collection of small tips to make a real difference to your outdoor swimming, whether you're planning your first forays into swimming outdoors or enjoy icy swims in the depths of winter - this book will take you through everything you need to know. The vast range of topics covered includes everything from biosecurity and the safety of others to cold-water swimming, recovery, night swimming, swimming with children, the essential gear you'll need, training and how to get that perfect underwater photo. Whether you're a wild swimming novice or have plenty of experience in water, Calum's entertaining and knowledgeable advice will inspire you and help to enrich your time in the water.

Calum Maclean is a writer, broadcaster and experienced outdoor swimmer. He swims year-round in all conditions, from cold-water dipping and competing in ice swimming races, to long-distance, open-water swims. He makes films for the BBC on this subject in both Gaelic and English, including his series for BBC ALBA, Dhan Uisge (Into the Water) and his much-loved films for BBC The Social. An ambassador for the Outdoor Swimming Society, Calum has also spoken at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and is an award-winning filmmaker. He lives in Aberfeldy where his regular swimming spot is the River Tay.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.7.2022
• Reihe/Serie: 1001 Tips
• Reihe/Serie: 1001 Tips
• Reihe/Serie: 1001 Tips
• Illustrationen: Julia Allum
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: biosecurity • Coaching • cold water swimming • deep water • Diving • earplug • gear • Goggles • Hypothermia • ice swims • Islands • Lake • Loch • NIGHT SWIMMING • Nutrition • Open Water Swimming • outdoor swimming • photography • quarries • Recovery • reservoir • river • Safety • Sea • skinny dipping • snorkelling • Social Media • swimming children • Temperature • towfloat • Training • underwater • Waterfall • wetsuit • wild swimming • wild swimming near • wild swimming peak district • wild swimming Scotland • wild swimming wales
• ISBN-10: 1-83981-124-2 / 1839811242
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83981-124-1 / 9781839811241