Huge congratulations to alumna Jo Slota-Newson (Class of 2002) who recently swam the English Channel solo 🏊♀️
Jo swam overnight from England to France, completing her swim in just over 15 hours. An incredible achievement, as fewer people have swum the channel than have climbed Mount Everest!
Jo says: "I had always imagined swimming the channel, but it only became a plan a couple of years ago when I started to wonder if it might actually be possible, The swim took 15 hours - the first seven in the dark, bumping into jellyfish, and the next eight swimming through deep fog, meaning we couldn't see the coast of France until we nearly bumped into it. It was a really tough swim!"
Jo is raising money for Aspire, who provide practical help to people who have been paralysed by a spinal cord injury. You can donate to her page here: https://lnkd.in/eBEJnbkE
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