I have been working with Manta Trust in their Manta Ray conservation efforts since 2017 and it is my honor to partake in this challenge to help them raise much needed funds to continue their amazing work. Our marine life and ocean conservation is critical to helping preserve our unique and wonderful planet and if we are to create a future for generations to come to enjoy what we have, we must get behind causes like Manta Trust stand for. Therefore, I'm helping the Manta Trust to raise money by taking part in their Cross the Oceans 2023 challenge whilst traveling through the Balkans and Italy, running, swimming, hiking and sightseeing as i cross Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Puglia and Sicily in Italy swimming in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Ionian seas.