In this episode, I speak to Rob Hutchings. Rob is currently living in New Zealand and has recently published a book titled Downriver Nomad: A Triathlete’s Adventures and Adversities into the Rapids.
His book chronicles how he got introduced to the sport of triathlon as a teenager in Newfoundland Canada, discovered marathon swimming shortly after, received his degree in Chiroptic care in England, meet and married his wife in Australia and eventually became the 1st person to ever swim New Zealand’s Clutha River.
Rob shares some of those stories and more as we breakdown a few of the details that went into his journey to swim the full length of a 256 km river.
Rob self-produced a documentary with video that he and his support team collected during his 4.5 day journey. To view that video click the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeIW6ioSHZA&t=162s
Thinking about putting your open water swimming skills to the test? Rob has you covered with a light-hearted instructional video: https://youtu.be/SuWhwPv6ipY
To purchase Downriver Nomad: A Triathlete’s Adventures and Adversities into the Rapids and read Rob’s full story search your favorite bookstore, your favorite source for e-books or click the Amazon link below: https://www.amazon.com/dp/047358834X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_795757QBERP6SYT7F4KZ