I wake up and go straight out for a cold-water swim—the best way to start the day on a trip. It’s a crisp morning with late-August chill and mist rising. Still toasty from the sleeping bag, I plunge before my body clues into the temperature. Jump, breathe, let the body adjust. Then, blood pumping, adrenaline […] The post The Joy Of Being Uncomfortable appeared first on Paddling Magazine.