HotSpot – Carina Bruwer Makes A Point
“I was struggling without my goggles in the cold after being crushed by the waves…but I was in a zone where everything was going to that place,” explains Carina Bruwer. “It was like I was semi-unconscious…”It was brilliant. The swim had meaning. I was on a mission not for myself, but for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust.”
She swam 8.5 km around Cape Point in 2 hours 36 minutes. She vividly explains – and shows – how she did it here:
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