00:00I can't remember when I wasn't coming down here.
00:15My dad brought me down here when I was about two or three years of age.
00:20I learned to swim in that pool.
00:27Summer, a lot of tourists.
00:40A lot of non-swimmers.
00:41I turned 90 in March.
00:42I've just completed 59 swimming seasons.
00:43Face the water, go!
00:53I call it my church.
00:55It's a passion for me.
00:58My higher power is out there, you know?
01:01These guys aren't social swimmers.
01:04They're ex-Olympians, ex-Pom Game swimmers.
01:08I might be competitive with myself, but I'm not really competitive with anything.
01:12There is not another pool like this pool.
01:17No, there is other water, but it's not the same as this.
01:21While I'm in there with other people, I can have my own moments.
01:24Really magical moments.
01:29It just all encompasses a beautiful feeling of belonging, acceptance.
01:33We're all seen as equals, even though we all look incredibly different.
01:39The club itself, millionaires and poppers, you're all the same and you're swimmers.
01:45I've travelled the world and I've never seen anything better than this.
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