Gavin's English Channel Swim Challenge

Gavin Scott is raising money for The Ocean Cleanup
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The Gibraltar Straits Challenge · 19 October 2021

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization, developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. By utilizing the ocean currents to our advantage, our passive drifting systems are estimated to clean up half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years’ time.

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As a well travelled individual I have seen the harm we have created.  

I am swimming the English Channel to raise awareness around plastic pollution and waste, and, marine eco system devastation. The Ocean Cleanup have created a technique with which the Pacific Garbage Patch will be no longer.

A total of 1.8 trillion plastic pieces were estimated to be floating in the patch – a plastic count that is equivalent to 250 pieces of debris for every human in the world.

All I ask is you make a donation of a £/$ and send the link to 10 others who feel similarly. If we come together as a collective we can turn the tide. My ambition to raise £500,000 is so small ,because it is only 500,000 amongst billions on the earth. Together we can make a difference. 

Swimming the Chamnel is no easy feat. It is 34km of some of the toughest deadliest water a man can swim. To be honest my body has crumbled so many times in training that it's ready to give in. My journey can't stop with the physical. Life's journey is directed from the mind. I am lucky to have awoken and had a mindset shift. A mindset that says anything is possible. A mindset that says i am worthy of an abundant life. A mindset that says the miracle of life is a gift and I will enjoy every second. I have dreamed to make an impact so great it will change the world forever. Now I am creating the mindset of that individual. 

“The only place where your dream becomes IMPOSSIBLE is in your own thinking”

Robert Schuller

For somebody that has suffered from obesity, depression and a lack of self-worth since bankruptcy this feat or challenge is extraordinary. As with any challenge it is not how the onlooker perceives it but how the mindset is willing to tackle, challenge, shift, adapt and mould into the mindset of I can, and I will. 

Please don't look at this as just another link or charitable donation. We are all guilty of committing  toxification on earth. Let this be your moment and say “I take responsibility for my actions and I will do what I can to help and change”. 

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