LINKS
THE BLOODY BIG SWIM: http://www.thebloodybigswim.com/
CHLOE McCARDEL SWIM COACH: http://www.chloemccardel.com/
THE LONE SWIMMER: http://loneswimmer.com/
STEPH LOWE NUTRITIONIST: http://www.thenaturalnutritionist.com.au/
THE CHANNEL SWIMMING
ASSOCIATION: http://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/
CHANNEL PILOT,
ANDY KING: http://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/pilots/louise-jane/
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GRANT: Yes, so at the end we got really lucky. We landed in the exact best spot which is the closest distance, which was called Cap Gris-Nez and it's not like a nice sandy beach. It's full of these big boulders.
At the end you need to clear the water, so if you're on a nice sandy beach you can just
go past the waterline, but with the boulders you have to climb up on one. I wanted to stand up and be like Rocky, but I sat down and I was pretty numb. I remember being in a car accident when I was a teenager and sitting on the side of the road just looking at my crashed car and it felt the same way. It was just pure relief and that's it.
OWM: Knowing what you know now, would you do it again?
GRANT: I think I would try a swim that's closer to home. There's a lot of other swims, you don't have to go all the way to England to do that. You don't have to do it in such a cold water either. I'd be more interested in doing a swim around here and even just making your own one. Hell of alot cheaper, but for me it was really nice. My parents rented a house and they came from the US and my sister and a lot of friends came and everyone just kept staying in this house so it turned out to be a really nice family holiday just built around the swim and I got my dad to swim the English Channel for about two minutes.