British swimmer died during EC attempt
Mandai
Charter Member
According to this German website 34 yr old British swimmer Susan Taylor passed away... real sad news.
http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Britin-stirbt-bei-Aermelkanal-Durchquerung-article10991096.html
http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Britin-stirbt-bei-Aermelkanal-Durchquerung-article10991096.html
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We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Molly Nance, Lincoln, Nebraska
Sisu: a Finnish term meaning strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
Susan was also staying in Varne Ridge, which is awful for David & Evelyn, who have gone though this terrible event twice now.
Our world, the marathon and Channel world is so small and so interconnected. I doubt any of us are more than two degrees separated from each other.
Next Sunday is the one-year anniversary of our tragically lost friend Paraic Casey in the Channel. We don't need to know someone to feel these losses deeply, these people who are us, who did what we do, we do what they did.
UK swimmer John Tierney wrote some words last year after the loss of Paraic, whom he didn't know, that are once again now tragically apt, something I'm sure John would not have expected:
loneswimmer.com
I really hope that her poor brother, who the article said was blaming himself, can find some peace with this.
At times like this I always think of the quote from the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron: "A man's reach must exceed his grasp, else what are the heavens for?"
Rest in Peace.
-LBJ
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde
A lot of thoughts race through my mind when I read about this story - no different than when we hear of endurance athletes in other sports who tragically pass during their challenge. Times like these we are made aware of the serious nature of our sport and what can become of our grand adventures into the unknown. I don't believe there is one of us who doesn't understand the risks we undertake, however we never believe it could happen to us.
We will swim with you again one day in paradise. Rest well Susan.
www.darren-miller.com
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A.