6 posts tagged with swimming
Four Capetonian swimmers to tackle the English Channel
Swimming across the English Channel is a gruelling physical and mental endurance challenge widely regarded as “the Everest of open-water swimming”, and one which four Cape Town swimmers have set their sights on conquering over the coming weeks.
Pictured below before a charity swim on behalf of the Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association, at Camps Bay on Women’s … view full post
Olympic Swimming inspiration
With just over a week until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, I’m reminded of this classic moment in South African Olympic history from the Athens Games in 2004. Watch the video below – complete with visual effects and rocking soundtrack, or if you prefer, the more tame version with full commentary…. view full post
Ola from Tarifa, Spain
Ola from Tarifa, Spain – what a great place! I feel like I should be writing this in broken Spanish as this PC is in Spanish and confusing the hell out of me. So I’ll try keep this short while I defrag my brain to write something decent and simultaneously multi-task with some photos in MS Photo … view full post
Schengen & Swimming
On Friday I took my week’s worth of admin and travel plans to a Visa Consultant to apply for my Schengen Visa, which will entitle me (as a saffa) entry into the European countries. The place was in [details removed for paranoia reasons], in a tiny room just big enough to fit a single desk. Well dodge, without … view full post
Well done boys!
Well done boys! And a new world record to boot.
ATHENS – The South African Men’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay team proved that Australia and the USA are not the only superpowers of swimming at
Record-setting thrill-seekers: apply here
I woke up at 5am this morning – this is extremely rare. (Dad: YES! I saw the sunrise and I have a photo to prove it, ha!). Fast-forward four hours and I’m in a small fishing boat, the ‘Cavalier‘ – driven by Dantjie, a retired fisherman – leaving Miller’s Point on route to Cape Point in unnervingly rough seas with … view full post