Welcome to the Brighton Icebergers

Welcome to the home of the "Brighton Icebergers", the year round open water swimming group founded by John Locco – sea temp in Winter 7 – 12 deg C rising to 22 deg C in Summer.

The Brighton Icebergers, with much history behind them, have access to two great facilities for year round swimming.

In the 1980's when John Locco, the prime mover in the preservation of the Middle Brighton Baths and environs began swimming around the Brighton pier with his great mate Robert Hooper, little did he envisage how the number of swimmers would grow, events multiply and sorties undertaken to compete in ocean swims around Victoria and the Globe..Read More..

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2010 by Jenny Roberts Thompson

2009 by Andrew Miller

2008 by Jenny Roberts Thompson

2007 by Andrew Miller

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Hypothermia

HYPOTHERMIA Dr Mind, Dr Body, Dr Eye 2016 What is hypothermia? Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature less than 35 C. Decreased consciousness occurs when the core temperature falls to approximately 32 to 30 C. Normal body temperature is 37.2 C Who is at risk for developing hypothermia? WE ALL ARE!!! BUT particularly…. people under 16 and over 65 alcohol use: alcohol makes you feel warm inside, but causes blood vessels to dilate, causing increased heat loss, and can upset thermoregulation medical illnesses that affect sensation in extremities eg feet and medications dehydration and jetlag Swimming in cold water In cold water, heat is conducted away from the body and transferred to the water. Heat is lost very quickly, 25 to 30 times faster in water than air. Swimming ie activity further increases heat loss (increase by 35-50%) How long can a person survive in cold water? Water temp // Exhaustion // Survival 4C-10C // 30 to 60 min // 1

And did those feet

As another winter approaches let us remember the Icebergers who have left us to swim.. Lyrics by Ted Baillieu; And did those feet in ancient times walk upon Brighton's bravest pier, And did the holy speedo god in Brighton's freezing water cheer, And did his countenance bovine shine forth upon those ageing crocks, And was icebergery founded here around these dark volcanic rocks, Bring me my cap & rubber-hood, Bring me my budgies of desire, Bring me my gear, I'm feeling good, Bring me the sauna and then fire, I will not cease through wind or wave, nor shall the cold hold any fear, Till we have swum all temperatures in Brighton's winter water clear.. And Did Those Feet In Ancient Times... from Brooksy Films on Vimeo .

Icebergers digital communications

Iceberger Digital Communications Howdy.:-).. Just to let you know how these things work, the what and where of our digital communications. Please sending any swim stories, links or photo's etc to any committee member (Keith Badger, Ingilby Dickson, Ross Macdowell, Libby O'Farrell, Alistair Purvey, Don Warner), or John Scanlon via email: brightonicebergers@gmail.com Ways to add or contribute: use the group email, posting to the facebook private group or upload to our shared photo store, or the iceberger website. Just ask, happy to help. Icebergers Web Site This is a collection of information about us, our icy moment stories, swimmer adventures, results, links and videos, etc. We also receive general queries from the public via the Contact Us form. The site is accessible via the web and mobile devices. It has gadgets for searching, sorting, subscribing, etc. To submit stories to it, just email to brightonicebergers@gmail.com. Any iceberger can submit s

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