GlommaDyppen – wild swims together
An overview of planned swimming sessions in spring, summer and autumn 2024
Regular swims
We swim regularly on Sundays (6pm) and Thursdays (6.30pm) from and including 12 May to 30 June, with some exceptions. Then we take a summer break before the regular sessions resume on Thursday 8 August and we swim until Sunday 15 September. See the overview below for more details (we post as far in advance as we can, but sometimes we need to wait to check water temperatures)!
"Spontaneous" swims
As before, of course anyone who wants to can invite to wild swims. In addition to the information we post here, the private, club-independent messenger chat “GlommaDyppen – mer utesvømming sammen” is used to arrange trips (as of today, it is run by Dag and Roar). Leave a message on this facebooksiden, with a link to your profile, and we will try to help you into the chat! But feel free to contact others directly in the channels you want, possibly via other chats, groups or pages.
We want as many people as possible to invite to swimming trips outside the regular set-up, this means that more people get the opportunity to have great experiences outside. Part of this is that you also try to attend the spontaneous sessions when you are invited to do so. This contributes to a lively and active outdoor swimming environment! So tune in as often as you can!
Registration of attendance and number of swimming sessions
In order to document our activities and take care of security, we do the following:
- We record the full name of everyone who participates in our sessions, the name is registered once in a google form, and once in our activity tracking system at tryggivann.no. This is not optional.
- For registration in tryggivann.no, we would like to receive an address, telephone number and email address for those who are not already registered with this in tryggivann.no. We ask the individual participant to send us this after they have taken part in their first session with us. You are not obliged to send us this, but it is desirable on our part.
- For each session, we record the number of participants who have taken part and swam in the same google form mentioned above. This figure is not linked to individual participants. We do this registration for security reasons and to be able to keep track of the total number of sessions swum during a season. This is not optional.
- For those who give us explicit permission, we keep an attendance form for the individual participant. This is to be able to have an informal competition in who swims the most sessions during a season. Note that you must give us explicitt permission for this by sending us a message that you want your swimming sessions logged with the name and date of the swimming session. You can then also register for sessions that have not been swum with us.
- To participate in the swimming sessions, you do not need to be a member of one of our swimming clubs, Fet Svømmeklubb or Sørumsand IF svømmegruppe. But we would naturally greatly appreciate it if you chose to support one of us (or both) through such a membership.
Some advice on the way to safe wild swims
- Bring a friend who looks after you from shore and is the one who drives you home after the swim
- Swim together with (at least) one other swimmer, that is, do not swim alone
- Bring a floating object, the best is a swimming buoy. If you don’t have one, or don’t have the opportunity to buy one, you can borrow one from us for the first swims
- Bring a warm change of clothes for afterwards. Preferably wool close to the body, and dress in layers. Bring a windproof jacket and trousers so you can keep warm when you are out of the water again. Remember a hat and mittens, and good, warm shoes
- Make the first swim short, especially in the spring. You should be out of the water long before you feel chilled or cold
- Take time to get used to the water before you start the swim. Splash water in your the face, “wash” the face several times, blow bubbles into the water. Relax and accept the water is cold. Get complete control of your breathing before you start the swim
- If you struggle with keeping your head in the water because it hurts, stop, take a break and try again. Feel free to try 3-4 times, but if doesn’t stop hurting, it is currently too cold for you to swim with your face in the water. You can consider swimming with your face out of the water, but you now know that this is at the limit of what your body wants to accept this particular day, so get ready to get out of the water
- Remember that you are doing this because it is supposed to be fun and a positive experience, swimming in cold water is not something you do to “toughen up”
- All bodies react differently to cold water, there is no general rule on how long you can stay in the water at a given temperature When the first person in the group feels like getting out, the whole group gets out of the water.
- It is ok to divide into different groups that go in and out of the water at different times. But try to have something in common on land both before and after. In any case, you should have full control over how many people considers going in, how many actually go in, and that all of these are out of the water before you pack up and go home
- Bring both food and drink for after the swim
- If you have “pushed the limit” and been in water for so long that you notice you are really chilled when getting out: Don’t drive home alone, get someone to drive you (this is one of the reasons for bringing a friend that can help, with undressing and dressing, and driving home). If you experience other physical ailments after you have returned home and feel that you are not getting warm, do not wait too long to consult the emergency room. This last point is very rarely experienced, but keep it in mind anyway so that you are mentally prepared for it if you end up in this situation.
This is a lot of “good advice”, but “rules” we have tried to practice over the last 7-8 years in the GlommaDyppen group with good experiences.
The most important thing: Enjoy your swim and enjoy the freedom of swimming outdoors!
May
| Dato | Tid | Ansvarlig | Sted | Annen info |
| Søndag 12.mai | 18.00 | Tone Torunn | Heiavannet | Oppstart |
| Søndag 19.mai | 18.00 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Torsdag 23.mai | 18.30 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Søndag 26.mai | 18.00 | Tone | Varsjøen | |
| Torsdag 30.mai | 18.30 | Tone | Heiavannet |
June
| Dato | Tid | Ansvarlig | Sted | Annen info |
| Lørdag 1.juni | 08.00 | – | Kadettangen, Sandvika | Open Water Kalvøya |
| Søndag 2.juni | 18.00 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Torsdag 6.juni | 18.30 | Tone | Varsjøen | |
| Søndag 9.juni | 18.00 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Torsdag 13.juni | 18.30 | Tone | Heiavannet | |
| Lørdag 15.juni | – | – | Heiavannet | Heia Open |
| Søndag 16.juni | – | – | Heiavannet | Heia Open |
| Torsdag 20.juni | 18.30 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Søndag 23.juni | ? | Tone Torunn | Gansvika | St.Hansaften |
| Torsdag 27.juni | 18.30 | Tone | Varsjøen | |
| Søndag 30.juni | 18.00 | Torunn | Heiavannet | |
| Lørdag 29.juni – lørdag 6.juli | – | – | Vansbro | Vansbrosimningen |
July
| Dato | Tid | Ansvarlig | Sted | Annen info |
| Lørdag 29.juni – lørdag 6.juli | – | – | Vansbro | Vansbrosimningen |
| Fredag 5.juli | – | – | Vansbro | Tjeisimmet, Vansbrosimningen |
| Lørdag 6.juli | – | – | Vansbro | Klassikeren, Vansbrosimningen |
August
| Dato | Tid | Ansvarlig | Sted | Annen info |
| Lørdag 3.august | 10.00 | – | Fetsund Sørumsand | GlommaDyppen |
| Tirsdag 6.august | 18.00 | – | Ringshaugstranda, Tønsberg | Ringshaugssvømmen |
| Torsdag 8.august | 18.30 | Tone | Heiavannet | |
| Lørdag 10.august | 07.00 | – | Värnamo | Vidösternsimmet |
| Søndag 11.august | 18:00 | Tone | Varsjøen | |
| Fredag 16.august | 18.00 | Torunn | Varsjøen | Merk: Endret dag/tid (vær)! |
| Lørdag 17.august | ? | – | Holsavatnet, Førde | Holsa Open Water |
| Søndag 18.august | 18:00 | Tone | Heiavannet | |
| Onsdag 21.august | 18.00 | – | Ulvøya, Oslo | Ulvøen Rundt |
| Torsdag 22.august | 18.30 | Torunn | (kommer) | |
| Søndag 25.august | 18:00 | Tone | (kommer) | |
| Torsdag 29.august | 18.30 | Tone | (kommer) |
September
| Dato | Tid | Ansvarlig | Sted | Annen info |
| Søndag 1.september | 18:00 | (kommer) | (kommer) | |
| Torsdag 5.september | 18:00 | (kommer) | (kommer) | |
| Søndag 8.september | 18:00 | Torunn | (kommer) | |
| Torsdag 12.september | 18:00 | Torunn | (kommer) | |
| Søndag 15.september | 18:00 | Torunn | (kommer) |
