LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
Our day started with a morning routine - just as I like and need for things to be when training or preparing for any big swim. It was 8am and we had the privilege of seeing a beautiful sunrise as we swam out of the harbour at Hanga Roa. It was a relief to finally get...
Yesterday morning I woke up very tired, so I stayed at home went to bed at 9pm and woke up at 7am. I felt a bit better, and did a 3km swim with Sarah and John and Plastic Oceans team. I had breakfast with the team where John told us about a possible 8am swim window....
With the swim being so foreign in a foreign country, there are loads of logistics to arrange. Camilla from Plastic Oceans Chile has been a tremendous asset co-ordinating permits from the municipality, navy and mayor. Organising kayaks, a boat, acccomodation, CPR hire...
After 36 hours of travelling and over 12 weeks of planning, we finally arrived on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Our final flight was actually the best with a slightly bigger plane and I managed to sleep most of the 4 hour flight. We arrived during the day and despite...
One of the reasons I swim is to create awareness about the devastating and global effect of plastic pollution. When I first started my journey into open water swimming I started with the intention and desire to swim for something bigger than myself. My primary driving...
Following yesterday's bumpy and somewhat eventful swim, the plan today was a 90 minute 1-way swim, catch a ride on a jetski sled and then do a 3km race and a 1-2km easy swim home. Making it a 10km swim. As we know, in the ocean, things don’t always go according...
Blue bottles, vomiting, massive swell and bumpy seas awaited me in a 5 hour training swim this weekend. I came to PE to give a talk and decided to use the opportunity to stay for the weekend and get some colder water training done. The plan was to swim for 5...
Little by little - this is my motto for the year. 8 years ago when I travelled to Hawaii for the first time to meet a friend, I never imagined that my life would have taken the twist that it has. That trip set in motion my journey into open water swimming and...
This weekend I had the privilege of swimming in a training camp in Sterkfontein in the Free State. Just outside the town of Harrismith, Sterkfontein is one of the catchment areas of the Vaal River. Its claim to fame is having the second highest dam wall in South...
Having already been in Argentina as physio for team SA at the recent Youth Olympics, I could not miss the opportunity to hop on a plane to meet with Mark and Camilla (Plastic Oceans Chile) to discuss the options and logistics of my next planned swim around Easter...