by Tim Waud and Bob Bruce Thinking about swimming in the open water? Need some helpful advice? Join our new & exciting webinar series on swimming in natural water! OMS will host four webinar Zoom calls for OMS members during February & March, talking with local experts on how to […]
Open Water
1 There must be hundreds of quiet places where we can swim along the lower Columbia River, both in Oregon and in Washington. But finding the right place for you can be a problem. Fortunately, our friends at Columbia Riverkeeper have done some of the homework for us. You will find […]
Columbia River Swim Spots
This is a little article about open water swimming. And we’ll start right off acknowledging that open water swimming is NOT for everyone. You know who you are. You don’t like weeds, fish, mud, and murky water. There are others of us who consider it just another version of the […]
OPEN WATER SWIMMING, SUMMER 2020
2 Swimming across the English Channel may be the Holy Grail of our sport. When we think of great challenges, Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, comes to mind. It remained unclimbed for centuries, but with advances in materials technology and with trained, expensive guides to hold your hand and carry […]
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Member News – October 2020
Here is a one-page summary of suggestions, suitable for framing, from some of your OMS swim pals—Tim Waud, Cindy Werhane, Marlys Cappaert, Marisa Frieder, Todd Lantry and myself—helping you to swim safely in open water this summer. Consider this to be your “pre-swim safety briefing” from Bob this year! Some […]
Long Distance Swimming – September 2020
Here’s a question for you: Why should a swimmer give a hoot about ocean tides? Well, if you ever want to swim at any of the hundreds of great spots along the Washington, Oregon or California coasts, it might be worth a few minutes of your time to know about […]
Ocean Tides and Currents
I am aware of three intercontinental swims that can truly be called “Intercontinental.” The first is the Dardanelles in Turkey, from the European side to the Asian side, not very far from Istanbul. It is not a very long swim, but it is difficult for two reasons. First, there is […]
Intercontinental Swims
3 by Jim Teisher On Monday, June 22, I went swimming at Clackamas Cove, as I had done several times before. Since I was swimming alone, I usually try to find someone to pair up with for a swim, but there weren’t any other swimmers that day, so I swam back […]