Hey, this is Outside In, I'm Nate Hegey.

A few months ago, we profiled a group of women in Maine who swim in the ocean, without a

wetsuit, all year round.

It was a very heartwarming story about freezing cold weather, and we were really excited

when the outside podcast from Outside Magazine asked to feature it in their feed.

Well today, we are returning the favor for a very different swimming story that they made

a few years ago.

It's all about how long you can hold your breath.

And trust me, it's really, really great.

It was produced by then host Peter Frick Wright in 2018 during a really cool series called

Sweat Science, which reported on the outer limits of athletic endurance.

And heads up, this story has an excellent but very tense sound design that simulates

the feeling of running out of air.

If you've had traumatic experiences with drowning, or the idea just totally freaks you

out anyways, this one might not be for you.

Alright, enjoy.

Well, let's, let's kind of actually start in the middle a little bit, and can you just

describe the pool?

Physically, or like the whole picture, like emotionally, too.

It's an Olympic-sized pool, and it seemed like a lot of times the filters and stuff were

breaking.

I remember our instructor was like getting mad about that, and it sounds like the chlorine

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