Can choosing to put ourselves in hard situations, such as getting in cold water, prepare us for the hard uncomfortable situations in life?
Becca Harvey believes so. Becca is an outdoor swim guide based in the North East. She started swimming outdoors one January when she saw a documentary on people using cold water to treat depression. At the time she was dealing with complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and had not found any conventional treatments effective for her. She was desperate to try anything. Getting into the cold water was one thing that helped her, and both changed and saved her life.
Becca features in the film, The Ice Mile, which is recently available to purchase on Vimeo here, with a portion of the proceeds going towards the charity Beach Access North East. The film, directed and shot by filmmaker Rachel Sarah, follows Becca’s journey as she trains for her Ice Mile. An Ice Mile is a challenge to swim a mile in water 5 degrees or cooler, with just a swimsuit, hat and googles. It’s something only a few hundred people have ever done. Even fewer people have joined Becca in completing an extreme ice mile, which means being in the water longer than 45 minutes to complete the swim. The film is beautifully shot, and tells the journey of training and completing such an extreme event as well as touching on some of the difficulties Becca has faced in her life.
Follow Becca here: @becca.harvs
Watch The Ice Mile film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theicemile
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