Just Keep Swimming: A Robben Island Crossing

By |2025-03-26T16:37:50+02:00March 26th, 2025|Oceans & Rivers|Comments Off on Just Keep Swimming: A Robben Island Crossing

2 kilometres from Robben Island, 5.5 from Big Bay, after half an hour of swimming something hit me hard on my right quad. My first instinct was a purely cellular one. Intense hydrophobia and a burst of pure adrenaline had me levitating above the ocean swells. Half a heartbeat later I realised it was a [...]