My sister is my hero today (aka Gibraltar swim)

[1.21GW]

My sister is currently swimming across the Strait of Girbraltar.  She and two friends are swimming both as a personal challenge and to raise money for World Reader, an organization that provides kindles/e-books to schools in Africa ( http://www.worldreader.org/ ).  They managed to raise $104,000!

Anyway, this post is just me gushing with pride and admiration, since the training is pretty intense, the water cold, not to mention cargo ships, dolphins/sharks/seaweed, open ocean swells, wind, rip tides, currents, etc.  Very proud of her.

I'm following them via GPS at:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0eUJ8IpRGXUBoqfcY6WdmRSsdreY91XSo

Go Emily!  

[LowThudd]

Awesome! Very cool! 

[zach (Slag)]

That is truly bad ass 

[fastwin]

That's some pretty cool stuff right there. She (and you) should be proud. I wish them well!

[The Architect]

Absolutely Awesome!!!!

[IZ]

 

Cool!  Have to check out link!!

[1.21GW]

80% there.  So far they've encountered dolphins, tuna, flying fish, and a Rorqual whale (whatever that is?!).

Pic from km 7:

[WarrenJ]

What a great adventure!  Your pride is more than justified! Awesome

[1.21GW]

Arriving in Morocco 4hrs and 51min after starting:

[Ddan]

That's crazy shit   

[Stella]

+ 11ty billion to all of the above (coming from someone who swims like a rock).

 

[1.21GW]

...(coming from someone who swims like a rock).

Haha.  Me too.  I definitely didn't get her swimming genes.

She said that she'd motivate for long swims by thinking: "If my body is 70% water, then only 30% of me has to swim."

[ungeheuer]

outstanding effort 

[kopfjäger]

 

[TuWheeler]

Wow...mad props to your sister!!