This pole was about 200 feet out in the lake, since the day we got to the beach all the boys said they were going to swim to it, there was just one problem, the water was FREEZING around 50 + degrees, so cold that our feet turned red, from being in the water, and I know from looking at all the pics of the boys playing in the water you could never tell (thats why you don't see me in the water) so the last day at the beach Kev decided to get the job done, and swim out to the pole. The boys were so proud and he was so frozen when he got back, he was worried about hypothermia, I was worried about getting the right shot :)