Brave Cows aim to swim Lake Malawi for CHOC
The core of the group of swimmers has already experienced this sort of challenge before, having successfully completed the dangerous 8km crossing of Lake Jozini in 2018.
A GROUP of brave open-water swimmers plan to swim across Lake Malawi later in April to raise funds for the CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa.
The core of the group of swimmers has already experienced this sort of challenge before, having successfully completed the dangerous 8km crossing of Lake Jozini in 2018, and they have now set their sights on the 24km crossing of Lake Malawi.
The group is made up of Ruth and Jay Azran, Andrew Stevens, Chris and Polly Stapley, together with experienced skipper Walter Muggleton who has been brought in to supervise the gruelling open-water crossing. They plan to take on the swim from Makanjila Point to Senga Bay, in a window period sometime between 23 and 29 April.
Stevens, at 64, will become the oldest swimmer to complete the crossing when he reaches Senga Bay, while Jay and Ruth Azran will be the first married couple to complete the crossing. They plan to swim in two groups to accommodate the different speeds that they normally swim at.
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“Only 12 people have successfully completed the solo crossing to date. It is certainly a big challenge and anything can happen on the day. We are in the hands of the weather to quite a large degree, but we are determined to be successful,” said Jay Azran.
Jay said Ruth, Andy and himself have decided to do the swim for the Childhood Cancer Foundation, which is Ruth’s choice and a great initiative.
“All of us have been affected by cancer during our lives, be it personal, friends or family. If they can go through that, we can do our best to pound it out for 24km in these waters,” said Azran.
Stevens has previously swum the Rottnest Channel swim in Australia, an open water swim of close to twenty kilometres, while the longest training swims to date for Ruth and Jay Azran have been 16km.
If you would like to make a financial pledge to children in need, email: daisy@thecows.co.za. Visit: www.thecows.co.za.
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