LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
Day two, here we go! We all had a 4 am wake up. However, John got the time wrong, so we were a little late for Cassie and Frikkie who were already waiting at the harbour. From the harbour, we headed out to our endpoint from day one. The water was not clean, and the...
It’s day one. I had a decent sleep last night, albeit a little broken. It was an early wakeup at 4 am to get ready for the start of my @oneocean swim. The team from Coffee Creative Studio joined me at 4:30 am to watch my morning preparation. I made mushroom sauce on...
One Ocean Swim Our CEO, Sarah Ferguson, will be embarking on her longest and farthest swim EVER! The One Ocean Swim will be kicking off on Monday 21 February 2022. Sarah will be swimming from Durban to Cape Town in an attempt to create awareness about plastic...
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...
The sand is so warm and Sarah and I lie down and soak up the final rays of sun trying to calm the nerves and not think too much about what lies before us. John busies himself prepping our dinner and what we need to get ready for the start. Sunset is beautiful. Once it...
What could possibly speak more for man’s prowess as an athlete than the ability to master earth’s most abundant, most powerful element- WATER This is my quote for this week. I love it because it speaks about the challenges of open water swimming. But I don’t believe...
Yesterday I got to tick another big box. I have been dreaming of swimming to Aliwal shoal for over a year now since I was trying to look for some unique training swims to help prepare me for my big Ka’iwi channel swim in 50 days time! It never worked out last year...
We live in a beautiful city. I was doing another ocean training swim the other day and it struck me again how privileged we are to live in this city with easy access to the beach and an incredible outdoor lifestyle. The ocean is warm all year round and still teeming...
This past week I got to speak to Cameron Bellamy who just 3 weeks ago completed the Kaiwi channel crossing. Cameron is an incredible guy who has done more than his fair share of endurance events from cross Atlantic rowing, cross country cycling and is just 2 channel...
“To stand in the fire of your deepest fears in passionate pursuit of your highest dreams is to rise to the realm of legends” (Robin Sharma) I was swimming the other day- just fitting in another session; and I realised, I have only twenty seven more phone calls to make...