The excuse was to raise money for the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, but what I really wanted was participate in this fantastic adventure where over 1000 people shed their outer skins to reveal what was underneath.
It was a swim for liberty, as the main purpose was to push people out of their comfort zones. Even though I am a frequenter of naturalist’s events, this one was special. For one there is a crowd of outsiders that pushes the sensation of being among my own farther than usual. Therefore even I was pushed outside my comfort zone.
Also, I had never adventured too far from the shore when undressed somehow exposing your parts to the depth is scarier than swimming in the shallow.
Another interesting sensation was the water passing between my legs, my thighs, and my lips. The lower ones, it gave me kind of a frisson. I love swimming breast stroke and with such a name for the style I could not think of anything more appropriate than swimming it in the undressed condition.
Though a few days before the swim this preference caused me to almost drown. I was training for the swim in a pool, with a proper bathing suit, of course. In front of me another lady swam her breast stroke and I looked at her… covered… well, flower. I realised If she had been naked I would see her flower perfectly and started laughing. Even though I was swimming I couldn’t control the laugh bubbling up and me bubbling down swallowing water. I had to stop, laugh, then continue to swim thinking people were probably going to see my fanny, and maybe, my uterus, during the swim.
So when I was swimming it was a relief to be a bit far from the next swimmer in front and behind. That is, until a man swam over me, gliding over my body with so much contact I thought I was going to end up pregnant on his way out (or in). A pity it wasn’t one of the boys from the support team. There must have been around 15 of them, most around the 30’s, I would be happy with any one (or various of them) for some fun. A shame they were all dressed those ones, they shouldn’t have been, it would be a much better view if they had stuck to the spirit of the event.
All in all it was a great swim, except for the part that every reflex of sunshine in my goggles made me think there was a shark underneath just out of my peripheral vision, all the rest was great.

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