Marilyn's 2016 Swims

The official blogsite for Marilyn's 2016 Swims: Cook Strait, Lake of Bays and Cape Cod

Sunday, 27 March 2016

South Island

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  We have been touring the South Island.   Unfortunately the phone service is very spotty and this is the first hotel where my computer wil...
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Friday, 18 March 2016

Local newspaper article about my swim

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/78060797/canadian-psychiatrist-becomes-oldest-female-swimmer-to-cross-cook-strait

Marilyn's story

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  My word for this swim is "gruesome". That was because I could not zone out, the cold continually pressed at me to swim fast. I m...
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Finish in sight although it's pitch black

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So close but because of black  night can only see glow sticks on Zodiac and  on Marilyns  swim cap. She has touched shore in 11:34 hours.
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Tide Part 3

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Still fighting with every ounce of strength.   Closing the gap to less than  0.5km, dark now with many rocks.
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Thursday, 17 March 2016

Tides

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At 7pm she is swimming strong but tide is pushing her sideways when she is only 2.6 km from shore of North Island finish. Her core temperatu...

Marilyn keeps going!

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Sorry for the absence due to zodiac obligations, feeding and applying vaseline mixed with lanolin that Marilyn developed. She has had amazin...
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