Simon Kerslake (@simon.in.the.water), a British diver, open water swimmer, Club Secretary of Outdoor Swimming Society, and teacher at The King Alfred School in London, has always loved the cold.
This is his love of the cold as he joined a number of athletes, physicians, writers and personalities who have spoken about open water swimming at TED Talks around the world:
- Lewis Pugh
- Diana Nyad
- Maarten van der Weijden
- Ori Sela
- Vicki Keith
- Dr. Peter Attia
- Tim Ferriss
- Angel Yanagihara, PhD
- Maria Conceicao
- Dr. Tim Noakes
- Wallace J. Nichols, PhD
- Guillaume Néry
- Dana Vollmer
- Craig Dietz
- Kimberley Chambers
- Catherine Sheridan
- Patrick Fellows
- Doug McConnell
- Amos Nachoum
- Marcia Cleveland
- Dina Levačić
- Trinity Arsenault
- Lucas Carbonaro
- Antonio Argüelles
- Srikaanth Viswanathan
- Jaimie Monahan
- Gaurvi Singhvi
- Bhakti Sharma
- Bogusław Ogrodnik
- Lynne Cox
- Karen Gaffney
- Shams Alam
- Abhejali Bernardová
- Doug Woodring
- Avram Iancu
- Julie Gautier
- Ryan Stramrood
- Achmat Hassiem
- Sarah Mardini
- Simon Harmer
- Rebecca Michaels
- Spyros Chrisikopoulos
- Sucheta Burman
- Simon Kerslake
- Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD
- Dylan Qualls
- Dee Newell
- Bengisu Avci
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