LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
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 had tried to keep things as simple as possible with minimal traveling and moving from place to place. Luckily...
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. Thankfully it had normalized I was clear to swim. My voice was much better and today was a...
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 was only day 2 and the longest day of the series (28 km from Umdloti to Sheffield) I did not want to...
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 a long time so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. I was finally feeling like I...
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 Ogaz, Te Manu ko...
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 ceremony The three bays Tangariki Mata Te Pari The...
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. In the afternoon we met Karina and Tavu to head out to Anakena beach for a chilled...
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 are 2 questions people have consistently asked me since my return: 1- what does it...
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 of swimming. I was slower on my feeds than usual as I literally had to psyche myself up to put my...
The Easter Island swim has been the toughest I’ve done, and I really had to dig deep. On March 15, as dawn was still to make an appearance, my team and I readied ourselves for this momentous challenge that lay ahead. Around me, people gathered with messages of...