Ask Cael: Did you ever go swimming and float in the Great Salt Lake?

Story Published Friday, April 9th, 2010

Question from John Legler: Did you ever go swimming and float in the Great Salt Lake?
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No actually I never have been swimming in the Great Salt Lake and that is sad since I grew up less than an hour from it. It is supposed to be a cool experience. The salt concentration is so high, that like you mentioned, you do actually float. I also grew up in the heart of skiing country too and have never been skiing. Heber City is in-between park City and Sundance so some of the best snow in the world is right there. Skiing wasn’t even a consideration for me and my brothers. I guess that was because of the risk of injury and that ski season is the same time as wrestling season. My parents did loosen up a little with my younger brother haha because he spent some time snowboarding growing up.

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