She has swum in near-freezing temperatures, been scarred by jellyfish stings and shared Californian waters with great white sharks.
Putting aside a hardy wet-suit for a traditional costume, Thorpe St Andrew woman Tracy Clark has tackled some of the world’s most challenging open-water swims, a hobby-turned-career which has seen her raise £16,000 for various charities.
While it began four years ago as an ambitious dream to swim the English Channel, the 46-year-old is now hoping to become just the seventh person in the world to complete Ocean’s Seven, a formidable list of the seven most gruelling open-water challenges across the globe, of which three she has already ticked off.
The mother-of-two, who trains each week at Sea Palling, said while she didn’t expect the swims to have gone so far, she has proved “you are never too old to achieve your dreams”.
