July 11, 2009: Locarno - VIRA GAMBAROGNO - KM 7.71
The first stage of 2009 and fourth last stage of the whole LONGALAGO.
We had the happy surprise of Swiss have six swimmers who will participate with us at this stage, two of them I knew already, others are new and we all declare that they will try in every way to participate in the final stages of the walk, at least to the closing of Macclesfield Luino.
We are on time at nine o'clock in the morning in Locarno at the marina on the edge of Burbaglio Muralto we salute you and exchanging the usual ironic.
I in particular are lovingly scolded by the female component of Patrizia Patrizia Rescue Team of the Tender, controlled by the efficient Radaelli, because I struggle to fall dramatically in my functional changes from triathlete. We
10, a good number and I understand in a moment by the physical structure of the new arrivals also that I am the only amateur in a defined group of very aggressive and strong swimmers.
We had the happy surprise of Swiss have six swimmers who will participate with us at this stage, two of them I knew already, others are new and we all declare that they will try in every way to participate in the final stages of the walk, at least to the closing of Macclesfield Luino.
We are on time at nine o'clock in the morning in Locarno at the marina on the edge of Burbaglio Muralto we salute you and exchanging the usual ironic.
I in particular are lovingly scolded by the female component of Patrizia Patrizia Rescue Team of the Tender, controlled by the efficient Radaelli, because I struggle to fall dramatically in my functional changes from triathlete. We
10, a good number and I understand in a moment by the physical structure of the new arrivals also that I am the only amateur in a defined group of very aggressive and strong swimmers.
The group of Italians Diego may boast the usual News, more and more excited as me that together we are going to end up having to walk around the lake path every stage from first to last; allenatissimo Diego, has also made the crossing in the Lago d'Orta of 13 km, without batting an eyelid and scalp from the desire to dive.
delicious Susy Musso makes us believe he is so cold and had hurt his back, then dives into reality soon becomes elusive to me exactly like the male athletes, except that it also offers lovely and elegant.
Paul from Cannock is conspicuously better shape last year, has lost weight and continued to make voyages and training and in fact, last year while swimming at a speed slightly higher than mine this year after five minutes from the start is already out so that I lose sight of.
is quiet and as usual I harbor along the coast for my exploration of plants and fish, the water is not clear why the rise in temperature is around 22 ° has given birth to many microorganisms.
The coast is low, planted with willows in a beach of sand and pebbles and sinks slowly out to sea.
Already a few perch and Muralto I think I see the bottom of kindling laid by fishermen, very few aquatic plants represented almost exclusively by many beautiful colonies of Vallisneria .
Many schools of roach , some crowd of whitefish and little else.
Arrival at the port float Tender and there I see countless fry around large boxes, in which at some point see popping with excitement to get away from me a pike already important, at least five pounds.
Then I begin to long stretches of beaches along the delta of the Ticino and the Verzasca constantly interrupted by rows of balloons that surround the protected areas of bathing and resting on the bottom of the first green moss looks at me with impalpable challenge another nice pike a bit 'smaller.
I still swim in the midst of children and floating pontoons obviously causing great curiosity among the bathers lazy sun-up to the mouth of the Verzasca, very nice and perfectly intact.
Since then, the coast is wilder, we're in front of the Polle Magadino and the fund now has become almost everything with sand beds outcropping and deep holes that create an alternate route full of surprises.
Sometimes I see groups of aquatic plants reddish very low, probably Najas marina, which colonize the sand in which roam the usual bivalve enormous.
At one point, almost opposite the mouth of the Ticino materialize before me in the water is crystal clear a session chub very big and in front of him a giant fish, a pike perch at least 15 pounds certainly the biggest fish I have ever seen in fresh water.
find out the next day with great surprise that a pike attacked three swimmers and was caught by police. But it is not what I saw at least double that was great!
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At that point the water is cold and I walk away out to sea because the cold water falls just below the surface layer of warmer, and then you can swim well again.
From the mouth of the Ticino is already apparent in the bell tower of Vira Gambarogno in the distance and from that moment begins the hardest moments of the stage when one is already tired and can not wait to get there but the goal is getting closer to floor As the energy is lost.
In the entire stage as in the Tomorrow I am accompanied by his Secretary of the Rowing Antonio Threaten Locarno who came with me rowing up the lake in 2007 in Milan, while waiting for me upon arrival Guido Wyss which also came with us after going rowing year first from Locarno to Venice.
It's a little 'no see, he had to overcome very difficult time and I am very pleased to be able to embrace in order to start making new rowing programs, among which stands out the project to go from Torino to Milan boat rowing in 2010!
you tomorrow
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At that point the water is cold and I walk away out to sea because the cold water falls just below the surface layer of warmer, and then you can swim well again.
From the mouth of the Ticino is already apparent in the bell tower of Vira Gambarogno in the distance and from that moment begins the hardest moments of the stage when one is already tired and can not wait to get there but the goal is getting closer to floor As the energy is lost.
In the entire stage as in the Tomorrow I am accompanied by his Secretary of the Rowing Antonio Threaten Locarno who came with me rowing up the lake in 2007 in Milan, while waiting for me upon arrival Guido Wyss which also came with us after going rowing year first from Locarno to Venice.
It's a little 'no see, he had to overcome very difficult time and I am very pleased to be able to embrace in order to start making new rowing programs, among which stands out the project to go from Torino to Milan boat rowing in 2010!
you tomorrow
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