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    Philocaly Trail: Day 4- Blythedale to Zinkwazi

    December 3, 2019May 22, 2020

    Today we had to pack all our food and luggage for the next 3 days as we were going to be staying in Tugela Mouth resort for the final 3 days of the swim. I

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    Philocaly Trail: Day 3- Sheffield to Blythedale

    November 29, 2019May 22, 2020

    I woke up early on Monday and the first thing I did was check my heart rate. It had already dropped by Sunday afternoon but I was still worried it may have shot up again.

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    Philocaly Trail Day 2- Rest sick day

    November 28, 2019May 22, 2020

    I had a solid 8 hours sleep and woke with a high resting heart rate. I didn’t feel fabulous but figured I could swim. I wanted to swim but I was also aware that this

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    PHILOCALY TRAIL SWIM

    November 26, 2019May 22, 2020

    When a friend of mine sent me a poster advertising the trail, my first thought was that I would swim the 1st leg- Durban to Umdloti. I have been wanting to swim that route for

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    Swim Against Plastic, by Toto

    April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

    Date: 15-03-2019 Collaborations: Navy, Hanga Roa Hospital, Nanaky yacht -Nautica Rapa Nui, Kayak Rapa Nui, Hotel Hotu Matua, Discover Agency,  People on board: Sarah Houston, Rentia Denissen, John McCarthy, Marta Vigoroux, Hian Schneider, Juan Gustavo

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    Swimming RAPA NUI

    April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

    An Eyewitness account of Sarah Ferguson’s world first circumnavigation swim of Easter Island -By John McCarthy Contents Prologue The end A big idea Wiping the slate clean Show time Mataveri Kavi – Kavi, the Birdman

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    Easter Island Post Swim Shenanigans

    April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

    On Saturday after the swim, Sarah and I were treated to a massage. On Sunday I had another massage and we had a slow morning. Sarah slept like a champion and I brought her breakfast.

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    My thoughts on Rapa Nui

    This trip has been nothing short of a whirlwind and I am sure a life changing experience. It will take me months to fully process and absorb what went down during our time there. There

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    Easter Island | Post Swim

    April 9, 2019April 9, 2019

    We headed to the hotel to scrub the sun cream off and collapse into bed. I finished swimming at 3.15am on March the 16th in a time of 19 hours and 8 minutes after 63.5km

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