The Community Answers “What’s the Most Exotic Place You’ve Went OWS?”
Each week, Odyssey asks the open water swimming community an “Ask the Community” question. This past week, we ask the community for the most exotic place they have ever gone open water swimming. The results ranged from the Detroit River to the Cayman Islands.
Read all of the responses below:
“Lago Titicaca, Bolivia.” - Ingo Schultz
“Norwegian Fjord.” - Veronika Ossul
“The Persian Gulf with a group of U.S. Navy Seals, then water-skied behind their fast patrol boat in the days leading up to Operation Desert Storm.” - @randydistanceswimming
“Ironman Cozumel - could see all the fishes below!” - @ultraheidi
“LOVE swimming Cozumel! That’s why I keep going back to do Ironman. Just the excuse to swim there.” - @scardenasjr
“Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Capri. Impossible not to get stung by jellyfish.” - @thetryn
“The Maldives.” - @sigridhutchison
“The Cayman Islands! White sand and crystal clear water with curious colorful fishes.” - @walzmusic
“Not exotic, but not many can say Detroit River. My new bay.” - @papajoshua
“I don’t know if I’d call it exotic, but Lake Powell on the UT/AZ border is very different from my usual swims. Some parts are like swimming through the narrows, with gorgeous rocky cliffs on all sides.” - @suz_orange
“Ireland! I swam with a swan in Sneem! I will never forget the look of the couple and how their eyes got bigger as I swam toward them.” - @scardenasjr