World first: What it takes to take on the ‘stupid’ 29-hour double False Bay swim

World first: What it takes to take on the ‘stupid’ 29-hour double False Bay swim

As Chris Oldnall and Peet Crowther were knee deep in the surf at Miller’s Point beach in Cape Town – about to embark on a world first swim, a double crossing of False Bay – Crowther looked at his swimming partner and jokingly said: “This is so stupid, there must be easier ways to raise money.”