A Kerry athlete, who is one of the world’s most experienced extreme swimmers, will be the special guest at the Luke Wadding Library at South East Technological University in association with The Lifesaving Foundation.
Nuala Moore will deliver a public talk on her inspiring journey and staying safe in open water.
The free event will take place at the Auditorium in SETU’s Cork Road Campus, Waterford from 7.00pm on Thursday, February 22.
The Dingle woman is a household name throughout the extreme sea swimming community. From halcyon days of summer swims from her father’s fishing boat off the Dingle coast, to braving towering Atlantic winter waves, the self-coached swimmer constantly pushes boundaries while remaining steadfast in her respect for what she calls the belly of the beast.
Nuala holds two Guinness World Records; one for her part in an international relay team that swam from Russia to the USA across the Bering Strait, during which she endured freezing swells, and the second for her pioneering cold-water swim through the deadly Drake Passage, a body of water between Cape Horn, Chile, and Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands.
The Kerry woman was also the first Irish swimmer to complete 1,000 metres in zero-degree Celsius water – the third woman in the world to achieve such a feat back in 2013.
“I will bring the audience through a journey around the world of ice and extreme open water. I’ll explain why there is no one-size-fits-all risk as understanding limits is key in creating a stronger swimming skillset,” said Nuala.
“When swimmers tell me that they have fears in open water or cold, what I hear is that they are afraid of their ability to help themselves in the event of an incident. We all need to be able to identify risk and what failure looks like, that is the beauty of sharing,” she added.
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