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Yesterday I got to participate in the Four Elements Swim for Change Ocean Challenge. The initiative behind this event was to create awareness for conservation as well as to fundraise for a development program exposing young students to the environment and providing...
I have just got back from a fun, spontaneous night away. I needed to escape from the regular routine of life I have subtly created for myself. I needed to find myself some space and just rest in a new environment. I picked the south coast, because for me it’s always...
Sometimes life is a grind, things are tough and we strive to try and follow our dreams and make things happen but nothing appears to be happening. After months or years of trying, eventually one tends to get despondent, even someone with a positive inclination. As a...
I was recently away in Zimbabwe for work. We were staying at a local teachers training college which had just built some new prefab buildings to accommodate all of us. It was so recent in fact that some of the roofs were not up yet, the paint was still wet and we had...
Robben Island swim 4 January 2015 Open water swimming is a tough sport, mentally as well as physically. It is entirely dependent on Mother Nature: she has the final say and will humble the strongest, most accomplished open water swimmer on any given day. I recently...
I was recently invited to be one of the guest speakers at Durban Girls College for their annual Sports Awards Dinner. It was such an honour and privilege to be able to share a small part of my story with the future sporting generation. I was humbled to be sharing...
Swimming in cold water is invigorating. I forget how much I actually love it. Most people simply think I am mad, but nothing makes me come more alive than swimming in God’s creation in icy crystal clear water. Last weekend I did a cold water training swim in...
It's been three days since I completed the first stepping stone to achieving one of my sporting dreams. I have been flat on my back on the couch since 1pm on Saturday, just one hour after swimming 18km from Umhlanga lighthouse to Marine Surf Lifesaving Club. I think...
I just spent the weekend up in Kosi Bay, a stunning reserve up in Northern KwaZulu Natal. I went with a bunch of girls and it was so lovely! None of us are typical ‘girlie girls’ and we all worked so well together as a team, efficiently getting supper together and...
I am not a photographer, but I’m really enjoying my new underwater camera. I like to view life a bit differently (or at least I like to think that I do) and I don’t want to be like everybody else. I see myself as a pioneer in many areas. Until recently I had only used...