It started with a cold-water plunge, and now outdoor, natural swimming is an obsession of mine. With 15,000 lakes and a robust water-quality testing system, Wisconsin is great for wild swimming. It ...

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 ...

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Lewis Elliott received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 666773. On Perranporth beach in Cornwall, UK, a local outdoor swimming ...

Whether you’re a novice swimmer or a seasoned professional, A Guide to Wild Swimming in the Western Cape invites you to ...

Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...

Thousands gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel in the 100th anniversary of the popular tradition. Foal No. 36 was the ...

The Fairy Pools can get busy, but go early or in the soft rain and you might find the chutes carved by centuries of flow all to yourself. Photograph by Visit Scotland, Kenny Lam This article was ...