LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
Day 12 was a super early start. We woke up at 3 am to pack the trailer, fridge and freezer stuff and head out to launch from Port Edward. We wanted to try to get a big day of swimming in as our next stop is in Port St Johns, which is 100km away. We arrived at Port...
Day 11 is complete. We left the house at 5 am to get to the Shelly Beach launch site by just before 6 am. The launch was one of our easier ones, so we headed out to the starting line 30km out at sea. The water was super blue and clean, and we were excited to get in...
Yesterday was a rest day. I woke up at 5:20 am and got to work on some admin and sponsor requests before doing an hour-long podcast interview with Alex Macphail. Breakfast with two of my mates who came up for the night, Caron and Kirsten, followed. They will be...
Day 10 was a great day out! When I woke up at 4 am (again), I felt pretty tired and stiff. We headed to Port Shepstone to a beautiful lodge on the river mouth called Umzumkulu River Lodge, owned by Brian Lange. He was very kind in letting us use his launch site. We...
Thankfully, Day 9 started slightly later than usual. Despite the possibility of an extra hour's sleep, I woke up promptly at 4 am. At 5:30 am, we set off to meet the boat crew at the Pennington launch site. Today on the boat, we were joined by Sarah’s cousin, Wendy....
Day 8 began with another 4 am start after a restless sleep. My brain was busy processing the previous day’s events and our serious lack of funding. We got busy with our morning routine of breakfast and packing the car. We then set off to meet Cassie and Frikkie at the...
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 past week was incredibly tough training wise. I can’t remember feeling this tired from training since I was training competitively. I feel like I have reached a new level in my training and am incredibly grateful for the three rest days I have just had and a...
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...