Man in Grey Suit
Swimming in the ocean can conjure up fears, including drowning and sharks. Movies like Jaws (1975) and the media are partly responsible for stoking fears of sharks. While I am…
First Big Training Swim
Five Miles in Cold Water To swim from Robben Island to the Mainland, it is either about 4 or 7 miles (depending if Bouberg Beach or Three Anchor Bay is…
A view of Robben Island from Lions Head
Apartheid South Africa I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa in the 1970’s. My view of the world was skewed by the pariah status of apartheid South Africa among…
Backwards evolution
From Land to the Sea According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, life first began in the sea and eventually made its way to land. This means that at some point…
Getting Started Open Water Swimming
I took up swimming after too many pulled muscles running A few years ago as a way to stay healthy after too many pulled muscles as a competitive Masters track and…
Freedom Swim – Robben Island
Growing up in Sea Point, a suburb of Cape Town, I would often look towards Robben Island and wondered what was going on there. Like Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay,…