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Just Keep Swimming: A Robben Island Crossing

By Seamus Allardice|2025-03-26T16:37:50+02:00March 26th, 2025|Oceans & Rivers|Comments Off

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 [...]

Swamble Fun and Adventures in SwimRun

By Seamus Allardice|2019-09-16T13:54:40+02:00September 16th, 2019|Oceans & Rivers|Comments Off on Swamble Fun and Adventures in SwimRun

Seamus Allardice took part in his first SwimRun in Wilderness on the 13th and 14th of September. The concept of swimming and scrambling (or Swambling) down the Kaaimans River was the hook, but the Torpedo SwimRun Wild provided far more adventure than just those four early kilometres. See, how much fun does Swambling look? [...]