Return to the Sea

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Return to the Sea

• An Introduction to Ocean Swimming
• Library 500 Foundations of Information
  Technology
• Professor Susie Stephenson
• A PowerPoint presentation by Yolanda Koscielski
• ocean77_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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I have always loved the ocean.
Here I am at Kitsilano beach in 1978.
I started ocean swimming in 2006
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Ocean swimming is

• An excellent cardiovascular workout
• A low-impact sport good for all ages and sizes
• Convenient if you live by the sea
• Cheap and exciting
• Something to do

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Precautions should be taken, though
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• Beware of
• Boats and freighters
• Rip tides and currents
• Hypothermia
• Bacterial colonies
• Enemy animals
• Deadwood, flotsam and jetsam

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Your First Step is to Buy a Wetsuit

• Choose a triathlon-style wetsuit made of thin
  neoprene
• New suits cost between 300 and 600
• Suits offer a layer of buoyancy and reduce
  drowning
• Trying one on might be your most unpleasant
  shopping experience yet

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Trying on a wetsuit on is like

• Trying to squeeze a squirrel into a balloon
• It takes about 15 minutes to try it on
• Expect to lose one litre of water through
  perspiration
• Many people will be pinching you to ensure a
  proper fit
• You might become stuck in it

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Next Step Find a group to swim with, such as
VOWSA

• VOWSA stands for the Vancouver Open Water Swim
  Association
• You should be comfortable swimming 1 km non-stop
  before joining
• Click here for more information VOWSA

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• VOWSA practices weekly at Kitsilano Beach

While youre there, why not soak up a little
beach time?
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Cool things to Bring to Kits Beach
Football or other device
Machialatté
Your attractive pet
Protection
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The best part of ocean swimming
You get to leave the city for awhile and float
around in the Port of Vancouver
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The Port of Vancouver is also the industrial
sublime
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For example, the Port of Vancouver is home to a
reduction plant
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Click here to find out more about West Coast
Reduction plant
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Not everyone has the option of returning to the
sea.
Carpe Diem
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The End

• Special thanks to
• Timothy Conklin for use of his photos in slides 7
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• Laura for pictures of her neighborhood in slides
  12 and 14
• Squirrel (and photographer) for full-body shot
  used in slide 6 taken from Thorpe, Erika.
  30310_squirrel_series_1. Retrieved September 30,
  2006, from Stock.XCHANGE Web sitehttp//www.sxc.h
  u/photo/30310