Wild swimming retreat day at Loch Tay offers reviving experience of nature
An event is being organised to bring people new to wild swimming into the healing waters of Loch Tay to get an experience for body and soul.
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Liz, a life coach who started The School Of Flow (left), has a paddle beside her friend Cecilia (Image: submitted by Jo Fox-Pitt)
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beaches and to be specially vigilant at this time. i mean it s tough to look for these guys when they re underneath the water f i ve got a beach vacation planned this weekend, particularly along the east coast, the carolinas area should i cancel my trip? if i do go on the trip should i stay on the sand and avoid swimming? you know decisions about going into the water and whether it s at an individual level or at a community level, are personal choices. and as a scientists i can t make those for you. what i can tell you is that the threat is real right now. we shouldn t be in panic mode. we need to understand that when we re in the sea, it s a wilderness experience. it s not like going to a backyard pool. we re going into an area that has animals that can and occasionally do us harm.
there, people tend to panic. one shouldn t panic, but it does underscore the fact that aquatic exploration in the sea are an experience that means we have to accept a certain amount of responsibility. fact of the matter is it s a foreign environment, we re not part of that environment, and we have to accept the risks associated with the wilderness experience. jane: george burgess with the florida museum of natural history. professor, thank you. good to be with you. jon: fox news is on the job hunt, and today we have the story of a real estate agent not content to sit back and watch her business evaporate with nobody buying and selling houses, or not very many in this recession. instead, she turned to her love of animals and bought a dog-training franchise, and she found out animal care is big business. one national pet owner survey finds there are more than 77
beaches and to be specially vigilant at this time. i mean it s tough to look for these guys when they re underneath the water f i ve got a beach vacation planned this weekend, particularly along the east coast, the carolinas area should i cancel my trip? if i do go on the trip should i stay on the sand and avoid swimming? you know decisions about going into the water and whether it s at an individual level or at a community level, are personal choices. and as a scientists i can t make those for you. what i can tell you is that the threat is real right now. we shouldn t be in panic mode. we need to understand that when we re in the sea, it s a wilderness experience. it s not like going to a backyard pool. we re going into an area that has animals that can and occasionally do us harm.