Shona Swims – A Waterbiographical Series of Ocean Swims

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A heroic swim by night
Remembering a Kiwi soldier's stealthy midnight swim
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March 2024

Patience, permanence and perspectives
Disclaimer: This is a swimming post with no swimming in it because I got a tattoo last week and now have to stay out of the water for at least two weeks…
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Legend of the Lake
A big swim around a little lake.
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New name, new season, new beginnings
From quick restorative dips to lovely long swims
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February 2024

What a feeling
From thwarted swims to bigger dreams
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January 2024

How to fail a swim event
(Spoiler alert: by starting and not finishing)
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November 2023

Willing and Abel
Hiking and swimming around Abel Tasman National Park
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October 2023

August 2023

What an egg
A cold swim, a surprise gift, and a fish-eye perspective
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Into the deep
The blue rectangle, or the abyss?
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July 2023

A whaley good time
Marine encounters, non-encounters, and a rather cold swim
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Light, ice, and rainbows
On the beauty of shifting perspectives and locations
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