Up, Under & Across Report
Background In 2015 my Mother passed away after several years of living with MS (the UK's most prevalent neurological condition). We miss her every day; and I have wanted to do something, in her memory, to help others. Enjoying a challenge, I tried to think of something motivating and novel - and came up with Up, Under & Across; an attempt at 3 diverse challenges between August and October 2017, raising funds for the MS Society and Practical Action involving: UP – Soar 1,000m in a glider UNDER – Swim 1,000m underwater ACROSS – Sail a Tall Ship in a race across the Baltic To support this challenge please click here for the Up, Under & Across Sponsorship page. (Opens in a new window) Why Sailing, freediving and gliding? For this challenge I wanted to push myself in three very different activities. It was either 2012 or 2013, after several summers of trying, that I first managed to swim the full length (50.29m) of Peterborough Lido underwater. ...