Total prior exposure to kayaking by Coach Earl – 12 minutes.
Temperature of water in the Mirror Lake - 58 degrees.
Total time to convince him to coach open water swim session from the kayak - 16 seconds.
No being able to come up with funny and tasteful joke about “cold water and searching for it…” - priceless.
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