Back in Europe, Schloss Elmau, an idyllic nature escape in the German Alps, offers expert-led and unguided wild swimming excursions in several peak-flanked lakes. Guests can take e-bikes to Ferchensee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some swimmers have also found wild swimming to be an antidote to pandemic-era loneliness and mental health struggles. Jessica J.

While wild swimming during the depths of winter might seem like a slightly mad idea, it's a pastime that's becoming hugely popular. In fact, part of the ritual of this slow living hobby often involves ...

Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and green leafy surroundings, it can also help to relieve ...

A quick splash, a sleek fin cutting through the surface, and then—gone. Dolphins don’t perform on cue, but when you spot one, even for a moment, it truly does make the ocean feel alive. Some places ...

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Last year, open water swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to swim from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, a craggy, mostly uninhabited archipelago off the ...

Short film captures journey of students and cold-water swimmers collaborating on research project - first time cold water exposure has been tested in saliva samples. Sam Petrie, Hayley Dorian (Founder ...

When you think of great swimmers, animals like dolphins, fish, or penguins probably come to mind. But the animal kingdom is full of surprises, and many creatures you’d never expect to navigate well ...

Primrose Freestone, senior lecturer in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester looks at the growing trend of wild swimmining and whether fears of germs and unwanted bacteria are founded.