IISA® ICE MILE CHECKLIST
Download here: Ice mile checklist
- An Ice Mile (“Ice Mile”) is an Ice Swim completed in water with a temperature of 5.0C or less, swum wholly in accordance with IISA Rules and Regulations.
- The Swim distance must be at least 1 (one) British mile or 1,609.3 (one thousand six hundred and nine point three)
BEFORE ICE MILE ATTEMPT
- Read IISA rules
- Make sure you have qualified
- Have your medical check and ECG
- Please make sure you are fully prepared for what you are about to attempt.
- Seek knowledge from other Ice Milers
- Notify your Country Chair and seek advice if required.
- Make sure there is a Medical Officer at the site and an evacuation plan to the nearest Medical Centre.
- Brief the Medical Officer with your medical history and present your IISA Medical Form and ECG.
- Brief your Observer and Water Safety personal with your swim, expectations, stroke, breathing direction, signals to check you’re ok or in distress.
- Go through the recovery plan and premature exit if required. Have all protocols in place before you enter the water.
- Measure the course from the start point to end If you are in open water, use GPS coordinates to make sure distances are accurate. MAKE SURE the
- Prepare your support team and medical support for the
- Take pictures of:
- The course
- The three thermometers readings (5c or lower)
- Time and date
- Entry to water, exit from Water
- Location
- Recovery area
- Team
- Make sure someone is taking a 30-second video of:
- Entry to water - start
- Mid swim
- Exit the water – finish
- Make sure you have an IISA observer and a witness
- Take wind speed and air temperature (you can use local weather website for info)
- Make sure the observer takes to start and ends time
- Make sure you have water safety covered
- Make sure you have medical support and emergency evacuation plan
- GOOD LUCK AND BE SAFE
AFTER THE SWIM - APPLICATION
- Make sure you have all the required info about the See above.
- Make payment to IISA
- Go to IISA website and apply for your Ice Mile to be ratified:
- Load your 3 video clips, as required above, to YouTube and copy the URLs to the application
- If you swam longer than a mile, enter the exact distance, as long as it has a start and end Walking into the water and out the water – doesn’t count.
- Complete your Ice Mile application and submit it
- Once it has been approved by your observer and witness, it will go to IISA for
- Once approved by IISA – you are an Ice Miler.
