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Mile Swim, BSA
- Explain how regular exercise contributes to good health and why swimming is one of the best forms of exercise.
- Tell what precautions and procedures a swimmer and escort must follow for distance swimming over open water.
- Under the supervision of a currently qualified certified aquatics instructor, BSA, or equivalent, participate in four hours of training and preparation for distance swimming (one hour a day maximum).
- Swim one mile (1,600 meters) over an approved, measured course.