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 ›
Guest Post: el estrecho no se cruza, se deja cruzar
(For the English language version, go here) Nuestros amigos del equipo Blue Dolphin tenían como fecha de cruce del estrecho de Gibraltar el lunes 1ero de julio. Desgraciadamente, debido al mal tiempo en el estrecho, tuvieron que regresar a Barcelona… Read More ›
Guest Post by Team Blue Dolphin: “You do not cross the Strait of Gibraltar. The Strait allows you to cross it.”
Our friends from Team Blue Dolphin had a target date of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on Monday, July 1. Unfortunately, due to bad weather in the Strait, they had to return to Barcelona without being able to enter the… Read More ›
The Final Stretch: #Swim4Good
As I sit here at JFK awaiting to board my flight back to Barcelona, I’m thinking about how the only thing in front of me now is Gibraltar. Less than a year ago when we decided to do this, I… Read More ›
