Swim4Good swimmer Mark Drendel writes about his May 23rd swim and Em provides some color commentary. Mark: During the weeks leading up to the swim I felt good. Had reached my 100km goal in April, mostly swum in the… Read More ›
Gibraltar
Guest Post: ESTRECHO 2014 – desde donde yo lo ví
El 18 de abril 2014, cuatro nadadores de Barcelona (y de Marnaton) – Gabriel Navarro, Fernando Sanahuja, Alex Gorina y David Galceran – salieron nadando desde Tarifa hacia la costa de Marruecos para cumplir su sueño de cruzar el estrecho de Gibraltar…. Read More ›
Guest post: From Crewing to Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
When Emily, Susan and I swam across the Strait of Gibraltar last summer, our friend Mark crewed for us and made a huge difference in our swim. He wrote a hilarious post about his experience crewing for us. At that point, unbeknown… Read More ›
Mark: The Crew’s View
Our friend Mark was elemental for us during the swim. His account made us crack up- thinking about how many things he was juggling all at once (especially the phone calls). Just see for yourself! On the boat, the first… Read More ›
We Did It! Underwater accounts by Susan, Emily and Mauricio
Well, we did it! We swam from Europe to Africa and raised over $100,000 for Worldreader– thanks to you! The three of us experienced different things during the swim, so we thought we’d each share them with you. Again, thank… Read More ›
Fog
We were told that we might leave today. At 11:00am we will get a call to see if we should suit up. First morning impression is that it’s cold, still windy and way too foggy. This photo was taken at… Read More ›
Emily: “Wait, we’re supposed to swim across that!?”
Emily, Mauricio, Mark and I arrived yesterday to Tarifa and holy mother of winds–it’s seriously blowin’ here! It’s actually hard to stand up straight. It feels like we’re in a hurricane. It’s no wonder that no one has been allowed… Read More ›
