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I have been toying with the idea of swimming to Texada Island for some time now, but a my recent encounter with a sealion is interfering with that plan. But this morning I connected (at last) with the amazing Susan Simmons. We talked swimming, routes, training, and marine life; I told her, at length, about this sealion encounter and how I have not ventured out to the buoy since. "Swim back there as soon as you can; if you don't overcome your fear you'll never swim again" she said. "Get used to being around them" she said, which sounds like a tall order, but sealions, here I come. She suggested finding someone willing to kayak along with me (apparently sealions do not enjoy the sound of a paddle hitting a kayak). I committed to doing so. Secondly, I committed to going over to Victoria, come spring, to swim with her and a few members of the Spirit Orcas . Very exciting. Thirdly, Susan and three members of the Spirit Orcas are swimming from Powell River to Vancouver Island this summer. It will be a supported swim. Susan invited me to come along on that swim (providing, of course, that our pace matches) and guide the group to Texada Island, where my swim would end, and where they would carry on. I currently swim with the Pow Town Popsicles, members of which are supportive of all I do, from being a weary mother to swimming crazy swims, and a few of them have generously and seemingly without a second thought offered to be my support crew. I am very excited for my newly set goals even though I will be nervous as I swim out to the buoy tomorrow. And that's okay; I have my eyes on the prize again. After all, "obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." –Henry Ford
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Wat een geweldige observatie, en wat interessant om te onderzoeken waarom je eigen ervaringen niet matchen in deze pool! En wat je hiermee gaat doen.
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