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Antarctica’s Nudist Club

Visitors of all nationalities defy an average temperature of -50C and take part in variations of the traditional nudie run, independent scholar and author Chris Cormick revealed yesterday.

Dr Cormick spoke about the trend to the Antarctic Visions: Cultural Perspectives on the Southern Continent conference put on by the University of Tasmania this week.

He said Australians based at all three stations, Davis, Casey and Mawson, take part in the traditional “Bliz Run”, which obliges the loser of any bet or dare to strip off and run a lap of the accommodation block.

“It’s only about 100m, but even 10m would seem like a long run in the conditions,” Dr Cormick said.

New Zealanders at their summer station go skinny dipping in Lake Vanda, with a plunge in the chilly water earning membership of the Royal Lake Vanda Swim Club.

The group is rumoured to include former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, who gained membership before she was elected.

Americans at the Amundsen-Scott base can regularly be seen emerging from the sauna to run a naked lap of the South Pole.

The deed earns membership of the 300 Club, but only if it’s done when temperatures have plunged to below -100F.

“The idea is to run from the 200F sauna, outside, so they go through 300 degrees (F) in seconds,” Dr Cormick said.

He said he felt compelled to speak because although the practice was widely participated in, it was not officially recorded.

“Historians, authors and researchers depend on official records, but just because it isn’t in the official records doesn’t mean it’s not happening,” Dr Cormick said.

He visited Antarctica on an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship in 2008, but declined to reveal whether he participated in a Bliz Run himself.

“There is also a strong culture of what happens on the ice stays on the ice,” he said.
2010.07.07 / no responses / Category: Nudist Resorts & Clubs
Nudist Camp Goes Clothed After 40 Years

No more will everyone just hang out at a Manitoba nudist campground, as the park’s owners try to better cover their costs by limiting their exposure to hefty water improvement bills.

After more than four decades of a “clothing-optional” attitude, what’s been known as Crocus Grove Campground is changing its name this month to keep in step with a shift away from nudity among its users.

The newly named Sandhill Pines RV Park and Campground, about 40 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, is requiring campers to begin wearing clothes when out and about at the facility, so that its owners can try to attract more customers and maintain their site’s viability.

“It’s too bad that it’s had to go this route. That’s just the way it’s happened,” Susan Ryynanen, who owns the park with husband Ray, said Thursday.

“We’ve had declining numbers in terms of clothing-optional campers, and we have to do something differently.”

The 60-campsite park is asking users and guests to wear clothes for the first time since it opened in 1969. The owners say it’s because of new federal and provincial regulations requiring that facilities like private campgrounds chlorinate their tap water and undertake related engineering studies.

“The cost is going to be between $15,000 and $50,000, depending on the size of the campground, to comply,” explained Susan. The Rynnanens had continued to allow nudity since purchasing the park in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead more than three years ago.

Because their revenue potential is “extremely limited” by appealing to a naturist niche market, Ryynanen said, it’s necessary to woo a wider array of campers.

“We just have to cope with the additional costs, and maintain the same size of campground,” she added at the park on Provincial Road 317, where the couple live.

“So we need to go public and expand our horizons.”

To distance the park from the nudity image, she said, they’re using advertising and signage under the Sandhill Pines name and “don’t have any affiliation with Crocus Grove at all any more.”

The end of Crocus Grove’s nudity, however, doesn’t mean campers can’t go naked anywhere in that region east of Lake Winnipeg. Ryynanen pointed out that the Patricia Beach area, a short drive north, continues to maintain a “clothing-optional” section along the lake.

The shift doesn’t appear to be steering users away.

After talking to campers who have regularly used the park, Ryynanen said about 98% have indicated they’ll hang around — even if not hanging out.

“They understand. They’re here because they love camping,” she said.

“Everybody is sad and disappointed that we can’t maintain the clothing-optional status, but the reality is that the big draw here is camping and being out in nature. It’s a bit of a change, but not a complete change.”
2010.05.03 / no responses / Category: Nudist Resorts & Clubs
Paradise Lakes Resort, Tampa, Florida, USA

Paradise Lakes Resort is a 72 acre private, clothing optional hotel and resort just north of Tampa, Florida. Here, you are welcome to be yourself in a tropical, fun filled setting. If you are new to the world of clothing free or clothing optional way of life, you will find our policy of “take off as much as you are comfortable with” to make the initial visits stress free

They have over 100 hotel rooms; many of them situated poolside, an upscale restaurant, a rocking nightclub, our Key West Bar at poolside, a fitness center with a gym. a day spa & hair salon, a boutique featuring the hottest in clubwear, two RV parks, tennis, sand volleyball, water volleyball, hot tubs, a heated conversation pool and huge all-season pool.

Paradise welcomes visitors to take a FREE* tour of our tropical resort to see what Paradise is really like. After the tour you can stay for the day and experience the clothing optional lifestyle, enjoy our fabulous restaurant and night club, take in some sun, play some sports, have a swim and a tall cool drink and work on a “no-line” tan for FREE*! Just visit their website at Paradise Lakes Resort.
2009.11.23 / no responses / Category: Nudist Resorts & Clubs
Grand Lido Negril Nudist Beach Resort

Winner of the Conde Nast 2001 Gold List for the Best Places to stay in the Atlantic and Caribbean, this SuperClubs resort at Grand Lido Negril in Jamaica has two brilliant white sand beaches – one of which is reserved for nude bathers. It also has a swimming pool especially for nudists. Also winner of “Best Beach in the Caribbean and 6th Best Beach in the World”.

Grand Lido Negril, flagship of the SuperClubs fleet of Super-Inclusive resorts, commands an impressive stretch of Negril’s breathtaking miles of silver sand on Jamaica’s Southwest shore. The spirit of this world-acclaimed resort (AAA 4-Diamond Award, Conde Nast Travellers Readers Award for “Best Resort”, Caribbean and Latin America) begins with the lofty marble entrance hall and the gracious welcome of the friendly team members and continues to the luxurious suites on 22 acres of tropical gardens.

Here, all desires are answered. The unbelievable beach invites lovers of water sports to windsurf, SCUBA dive, sail a sunfish, all a prelude to the ultimate dream-come-true. Earlier in the day, there are a myriad of new discoveries: the state-of-the-art fitness center, a spirit-and-body soothing spa and the centuries old cotton tree in the gardens.
2009.10.24 / no responses / Category: Nudist Resorts & Clubs