The Thrill of the Cape Open-Water Swimmer IN PICTURES
Competing with the famous Midmar Mile in KwaZulu-Natal, the Cape Mile went off with a big splash on Saturday at the Eikenhof Dam near Grabouw in the Western Cape, and Tobias Ginsberg caught the anticipation, excitement and speed of an open-water swim in his series of photographs. The Sanlam-sponsored event (shown in a great video at the end) has […]
Competing with the famous Midmar Mile in KwaZulu-Natal, the Cape Mile went off with a big splash on Saturday at the Eikenhof Dam near Grabouw in the Western Cape, and Tobias Ginsberg caught the anticipation, excitement and speed of an open-water swim in his series of photographs.
The Sanlam-sponsored event (shown in a great video at the end) has been held since 2014, when it drew 1,000 swimmers for the mile-long swim (1.6 km). The weather was overcast but perfect for swimmers, and there were five batches of swimmers for the mile swim, and one batch for a 500m swim.
