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Wednesday 29 January 2014

First disabled swimmer completes Ice Mile swim

Simon Griffiths | H2Open Editor | Monday 27 January 2014
On 19 January this year, Jonty Warnekan of Harrogate joined the elite group who have completed a one mile swim in water of less than five degrees Celsius – an Ice Mile. 

Warnekan, 41, decided late in 2013 that he wanted to keep swimming outside through the winter with a view to taking part in the Big Chill Swim, Windermere, in February. He became a regular at Ellerton Lake, steadily increasing his swim distance and time in the water under the watchful eye of Pauline Squire of Wild about Swimming.
As a result of injuries from a car accident, Warnekan had the lower portion of his left leg removed. He has pins in the other ankle and a metal plate in his head. None of this stopped him completing 10km swims in the summer and it wouldn’t stop him doing the Ice Mile.
The swim, supported by a team of 14, took 58 minutes to complete, with Jonty maintaining a steady pace throughout except for the final stretch where he started to slow.

The International Ice Swimming Association confirmed the swim on 23 Jan.

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