I drove to an Appalachian Trail trailhead in Becket, Massachusetts, hiked forty-five minutos to a remote pond, swam one mile, hiked back, drove back.
There was a history of recent gardening, but no trauma, travel to remote areas, or swimming while wearing contact lenses.
There was a history of recent gardening but no trauma, travel to remote areas, or swimming whilst wearing contact lenses.
It was not exactly pristine or remote where I was swimming, at Brighton Beach, surrounded by a group of elderly Russians in bathing caps backstroking their afternoon away.
LAST winter, when my friend Amy and I first talked about meeting in Thailand, we pictured ourselves on a remote palm-studded island, swimming in a translucent sea.
The Galapagos' inhabitants had reached these remote islands by flying, swimming, riding on downed trees or being blown the 500 miles out from the mainland.
THIS summer, a Spanish woman swimming off a remote beach in the Canary Islands saw an algae-covered bottle floating nearby with a letter inside.
There is a growing body of evidence that a swimming pool in remote communities greatly improves not only the health and fitness of young people, but also their interest in school and other activities.
There was a lake near the park, Grand Lake, which I especially wanted to swim in (I am always excited by the prospect of swimming in exotic, remote lakes: I dream of Lake Baikal and Lake Titicaca), but, sadly, since I had a plane to catch, we did not have time.
Three of eight men who shared the houseboat reported swimming to a remote cove and hiking along a creek draining into the main reservoir on May 7.
