Courtesy of Evgeny Levashev, Lake Baikal, Russia.

The Baikal Swim is a 1-mile and 5 km lake swim on Baikal Lake in Irkutsk Region of Russia on July 29th-30th. The water temperature is expected to be in the 12-15°C range.

The organizers include Alexandr Bazanov, Serge Rybkin, Andrey Mindryukov, Marat Bogdalov, and Evgeny Levashev.

For more information, visit baikalswim.com or write to levashev.e@gmail.com and bazanov@gmail.com.

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