Marilyn's 2016 Swims

  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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  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...

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.

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

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...

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