On September 1, Swim4Good Swimmers Guillermo Sagnier, Alberto Compte and I swam across the English Channel in 12 hours 8 minutes in a 3 swimmer relay covering a distance of 50.3km at a water temperature of around 17C (62.6F). Big thanks to… Read More ›
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Let me be clear: I venerate the Sea of Cortez
In less than two weeks, I’ll be heading down to La Paz, Baja California, where I’ll meet up with 5 other swimmers who will attempt a relay crossing of the Sea of Cortez. Yesterday, two of the swimmers and I… Read More ›
Swim4Good Just Got a Lot Bigger
Swim4Good was launched on August 2012 by Emily Kunze, Susan Moody and myself with the objective of swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar and raising $100.000 for Worldreader. On July 11 2013, we reached our goal of swimming across the Strait… Read More ›
Swim4Good Meetup: Cala del Castell (2 Feb 2014)
Este domingo tuvimos un excelente día de natación en la Costa Brava. 11 amigos salimos desde la Cala del Castell en dirección a Cala Estreta. El plan era llegar a Cala Estreta y regresar a Cala del Castell, un recorrido… Read More ›
El Mar de Cortés – Junio 2014
(English version of this post is found here) En los últimos meses, Susan y yo nos hemos hecho buenos amigos de Vito Bialla, una persona que vive bajo la premisa de que “cuando vale la pena hacer algo, hay que hacerlo a todo… Read More ›
Our two Pacific guides
I haven’t swam much in the last month, that’s something I’ll have to change since there’s a New Swim brewing for summer 2014 (hint- it’s taking place in the same country where I write this). Right now, we’re spending the… Read More ›
Swim4Good nominated for 2013 Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Award
We just learned that Swim4Good has been nominated by the World Open Water Swimming Association as one of the finalists for the 2013 Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Award. WOWSA describes the award as follows: The nominees for… Read More ›
New Swim4Good Caps – Do You Want One?
We finally received our new Swim4Good swim caps. One side of the cap shows a map (with a blue dot in the Strait of Gibraltar) that has the names of all the people who helped us reach $106.450 in donations… Read More ›
New Swim4Good Caps – Giving 30 away
In a couple of weeks we will get some awesome new Swim4Good caps designed by our friends at Ocean Factory. We’ve got 30 caps for those who want ’em, free of charge. The map = all the folks who helped us reach… 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 ›