The CN tower was visible long ago, almost since the sun came up however as many as 6 hours later the thing didn't seem to get any closer! Another half hour has passed and Katie made the signal to stop … Read More

That's how I kept going after the sun came up. I felt strong again and very happy. "Hasta la victoria" (to the victory) as the last phone message of my great friend Paco said. And pretty much I repeated that … Read More

  As Barrie is always counting seconds, the countdown started a few seconds to 9:00 P.M. and sharp at that time I stepped on the water, slowly walked cautious on the slippery rocks breathing deep and calm; when I felt … Read More

Jim Rankin Photo This day could not be a better one. Everything went extremely well and that was a good sign in itself. Almost everything was ready since the night before when Katie Shirley and I went to buy last … Read More

Jim Rankin Photo Yes. After the swim everything seemed to be blurred and like in a dream. Then a few days of merciless pain followed by a few others of mental numbness… but that is for a later story. Here … Read More

I will keep this one very short just to let everyone know, Malva crossed lake Ontario in 18:04 The next blog will be Malva telling everyone how his side of the swim went. Malva is sleeping right now and is … Read More

As our 52km journey goes on, our spirits were raised when we began spotting a familiar friend. But this friend is farther than we think. This friend is distant, a very tall friend. The CN tower. We began assuming we'd … Read More

So, at 11 o'clock at night the lead boat's started dying. When the lights began to dim, and our computers started dying, we turned off all lights. and everything that consumed power for about the rest of the night. So, … Read More

Malva has begun his 52km swim. And the crew has started their 19 hours of hard work. When my dad said he was going to try to cross this great lake I thought he was bluffing. But now that we're … Read More

After many months of training, jumping hurdles, learning, working hard and swimming a lot, finally we are about to leave for Niagara-on-the-Lake. Has been a wonderful journey full of many things but I just want to keep the positive ones. … Read More