Cold water swimming: The outdoor pursuit making waves in the UK

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For 365 days a year, come rain or shine, Ruth Rose, 87, has taken a bracing morning swim in Seaford, a small coastal town on the south coast of England.

"It's a social event of the day," she told ABC News."The community needs this sort of grouping of people, people thinking here we are together. We're doing something together and making our lives better."

Ruth Rose, 87, coordinates the group with daily weather reports, and swears by the benefits of the outdoor pursuit.of the prevalence of open water swimming in 2017, 7.5 million swim in outdoor pools or open water annually. 2.1 million of those say their preference is to swim in open water. MORE: 7 tips for parents to mentally prepare their children, and themselves, for an upended school yearJo, a recent addition to the Seaford Mermaids and one of the younger members of the group, lost her job in the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. She told ABC News that, after being encouraged by a friend, swimming each morning had made a"huge difference" to her life.Each morning, dozens of swimmers from the 'Seaford Mermaids' swim off the U.K.

 

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How do you know she wanted to swim in ice cold water? Swimming is actually an alternative to drowning.

AND THEN SHE DROWNED

I think Ruth is cooler than the Flying Fish guy.

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