In a post written by "The Guardian," it talks about a brave and courageous swim done by a group of young girls across the English Channel to raise money for Child Poverty Action Group. What amazes me most about this is that some of the girls who completed this swim were as young as eleven years old and that they did the swim across more than once. During the time of this swim, the waters were very cold and full of jellyfish. I find it amazing that even in these types of conditions, the girls were still fully willing to continue they're dangerous and treacherous journey ahead of them. One of the girls, specifically, said that only five weeks before the swim, she had her appendix removed but still pulled through with completing the swim.
A quote from one of the girls while swimming was, "It was kind of scary jumping in for the first time because I was cold and there were three jellyfish right next to the ladder. It was cold the entire time and there was one part where I was swimming through this mucky greasy part and there were jellyfish that kept stinging me, completely surrounding me." This description gave me a clear understanding of how irritating it would have been and almost makes me feel bad for them doing this. Overall, it was amazing to see the different ways people organize these type of events for good causes, even if it goes as far as this did.
Photos from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/26/the-sea-gals-swim-the-channel-photo-essay
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