Sunday, June 15, 2008

swimmer


swimmer
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.


Visiting Walden Pond was a weird mix of the mundane with the historical... Here we see a swimmer cutting straight across the pond. It's not really clear to me that swimming outside the beach area is permitted, but people were doing that with wild abandon, insisting on their right to risk their lives as they please (presumably inspired by Thoreau). I saw several such swimmers. It is a pretty tempting idea... I've never been fond of fenced-in beaches with lifeguards, myself.

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