Hazel, a young 17y old from Manchester England just finished her Ice Mile in the Frozen waters of Harthil Reservoir, Carver Way, Harthil. Sheffield at water temperature of 2.05C.
Well done Hazel, good to see some younger blood among us frozen ones.
Hello Ice Mile - Here I come
The first German female Ice Schwimmer well done and welcome to our frozen club.
Steffi IISA ID 108. We have now 108 Ice swimmers from 20 countries around the world and few are in the planning.
Good luck to all of you attempting or planning - Remember a successful Ice Swim is a Safe one!
Ondrej Pék and Dezider Pék from Horný Bar, Slovakia - Welcome to our frozen club and can we have more information of your town - Horný Bar 🙂
Welcome to Catherine Sunley from England. Our first Frozen bionic female. Catherine is disabled with one leg and her achievement in the Ice is phenomenal. Welcome to our Frozen club and well done.
Last but not the least:
We would like to announce IISA three new country ambassadors:
An IISA Country Ambassador rule is to represents IISA in his or her country, to promote Ice Swimming in the country, to promote safety and experience and to assist members or Ice Swimming aspirants. The country ambassador is also to represent his or her country Ice Swimming abroad and assist IISA with local events and any issues arising. It is an important role in a small and rapidly growing extreme sport.
"Icy" Welcome to
Paolo Chirano - Italy
Christof Wanderburg - Germany
Kellie Joyce, Paula Yankanuskas, Helen (Happy) Lin and Rena Demeo. The frozen foursome have completed an Ice Mile in Boston Harbour under two veteran Ice Milers supervision. Frozen and delighted they defrosted slowly to join the mad ranks of the Frozen ones.
Well Done and keep cool
New world records been set - new challenges are there to be concurred.
Well done to Paolo Chiarino from Italy for cracking the Ice challenge and becoming Italy first Ice Member.
Also well done to Pauline Barker, one of IISA England Country Ambassador for completing her 2nd Ice Mile.
Paolo Chiarino from Italy An Ice Swimmer
Pauline Barker UK IISA ambassador Dancing in the Sahara desert
Three hard core Czech swimmers and one lost Capetonian who happened to be in the neighbourhood:
The swim took place in the Vltava River, Branik, Prague, Czech Republic
We still have an interesting list of swims that have been done in Dec 2014 around the world, but yet to be submitted and verified
Henri Kaarma - our own Ice Machine and IISA Board Member
Brylin - IISA Ambassador to Russia
The Doctors who watch over us in icy conditions and make sure we are fit to go and survive our icy ordeals
Our Irish Ice Swimmer and team superb initiative - Padraig Mallon
