Photo: Katia Vastiau
STAR
LETTER
Celebrating
overcoming
barriers
With a restart to the season for many, it’s easy to forget our personal early tentative steps into outdoor swimming. Let’s give a shout to all those who are overcoming fears and inhibitions, real and imagined to enable them to enjoy this liberating outdoor experience- those monsters of the deep, the grasping weed, the touch of another swimmer, body image issues, disabilities, stamina doubts, shyness, cultural exclusion, the cold, bugs, water quality - there will be many others. What might be silly and laughable to some might be the biggest hurdle to another and represent a significant personal achievement to be proud of.