Coming from Finland, ice swimming is actually something I’m very familiar with. My father regularly swims in lakes, whatever the temperature and since I was little I always loved doing that as well. His mother was apparently a very eager ice swimmer as well, so this is something that runs in my family. Unfortunately since moving to Europe the chances of swimming outdoors have grown dim and certainly there are no regular ice swimming opportunities… But instead I’ve adapted the cold showers. I’m really interested in the Wim Hof method because his breathing exercises helped me a lot with coping the cold. I think I will look into that in more detail!