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Bruce in training off DB
Photos by Ricardo Casanova and Around DB
What motivates someone to swim 75 kilometres around Lantau in just five days? Hannah Ball talks to DB uber-athlete, 45-year-old Bruce Pye to find out
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to use a decommissioned sea trawler for education and research,” says 16year DB resident, Dana Winograd of PFS. “It can also be used by corporate groups and individuals for a party with a purpose.”
PFS is dedicated to informing students and adults about marine plastic pollution, and its latest venture, launching at the end of the year, is a floating education vessel. “The idea is
With his swim, Bruce, a captain with Cathay Pacific and the managing director of Sports World in DB, plans to raise a cool HK$1 million to help PFS fund its Sea Classroom programme. Donations are invited from corporates as well as individuals.
verybody’s talking about DB ultra-marathon runner, Bruce Pye’s latest endurance challenge. From October 29 to November 2, he’ll be swimming 75 kilometres around Lantau to raise funds and awareness for the DB-based eco-charity, Plastic Free Seas (PFS).
Marathon swim Starting from DB’s Tai Pak Wan, Bruce will swim 15 kilometres each day, following an anticlockwise route around the Lantau coast. He’ll be accompanied not only by local paddlers and a support team but by his coach, four-year DB resident Olivier Baillet. An experienced endurance trainer and swimmer, Olivier has been providing Bruce with much-needed fitness-related support, including a swim-training October 2014
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