River swimmers: Swimming the length of the Orange River

River swimmers: Swimming the length of the Orange River
In 2007 a team of South African swimmers completed the final leg of their quest to swim the full distance of the South African section of the Orange River. The four legs of the swim saw them swimming 1900 km from the Lesotho border to the sea. Andrew Chin, Ram Barkai and Cheryl Young; completed all four legs, Priscilla Neethling and Gavin Pike swam three of the sections while, Liz Webb, Jenny O Hanlon, Viv Brown; Hester Snyman, Lisa Greenstein, Kevin Ordman and Andrew Watt made up the rest of the team.