LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
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...
Day 7 was a bit of a crazy day. We had a rest day from swimming the day before however, it was incredibly stressful trying to organise a recovery session after the stormy swim I did the day before. The night before that swim, I spent time in the O2 chamber, got a...
Day 6 was tough. We had our usual departure time at 4:45 am from Durban to get to Cassie’s house in Umkomaas. Wofty, Sarah and her son Heath were in the car. Sarah was driving so I could eat my cereal! We met Andy at Cassie’s spot, lathered up on sun cream and headed...
Today marks Day 5. We had to do 2 swims today because we missed the mark yesterday (I am grateful that I do not need to do the maths to figure out all of the GPS points). Yesterday, we, unfortunately, missed 8km. Therefore, to stay true to my plan of swimming the...
The day after rest day… The current was still going South-North today. It was another day of making a call on how fast the current would be and if we should take a gamble. Each day, my goal is to swim for 4-5 hours. My swim is based on time rather than distance....
Day 4 became a rest day. We woke up to the news that the current was still going North, so we opted for a rest day. I was feeling okay, yet I soon realised that my body welcomed the break. I spent most of the day doing admin and meetings for my non-profit. I popped in...