What an amazing experience to be in that stadium, when India won the Semifinals against Pakistan. The Indian team played with a will to win and the pressure was on until the last 6 balls. We are leaving to Mombai tomorrow where India play in the final against Sri-Lanka on Saturday. We have one training session left but all the players are in super form.
D day in Mohali India. It is a great honor to be part of the Semifinal match of the world Cup in between India and Pakistan. The Indian players and the coaching team has left no stone unturned in their preparation. The support of the Indian nation is an amazing feeling to be experienced. They are holding the players by their hand and leading them out there to go and play the match.
I'm back in India with the Indian Cricket team. They are playing in the semi finals of the Cricket world cup against Pakistan. The Indian team is a highly motivated unit that is very well prepared for this match. My Job is to share my lived experience with them on how I deal with Challenges. It has been very interesting….!!
News certainly spreads fast when Mike Horn is in town! Once again Mike is in India to boost the Indian Cricket team before the World Cup semi finals on the 29th of March in Colombo, and later for the finals in Mumbai on the 2nd of April.
The team are thrilled to have him back and the media are quickly learning that he has returned to inspire the team with his motivating stories and experiences.
On the 22nd of February, I was asked to be a key speaker at the annual Epilepsy South Africa national conference. I spoke in front of about 100 people. It was made up of branch members from each province. I spoke for 45 minutes and I got a very good response and a lot of interest in the Pangaea program being part of the National Epilepsy Youth Awareness program.
On the 26th of February 93 souls braved the cold and big surf to compete in
the 2011 Around The Rocks Extreme Swim. This 2,5 km swim is an annual event
that attracts some of the best open water swimming talent in Cape Town.
The ocean conditions were as exciting and exhilarating as one would expect
from the Cape of Storms. The sea was an icy 12 degrees with a three meter
surf and very strong rip currents across the bay. Those who finished the
swim in these tough condition is a hero in anyone's books. It is thus
rightly so that three Young Explorers from Cape Town took their rightful
places on the starting line. Henko Roukema, Daniel Louw and Louise Louw are
all qualified lifeguards who train together and serve together at Big Bay
Surf Lifesaving Club in Cape Town. This time they competed together as Mike
Horn Young Explorers.
The winning time was an insane 31 minutes 18 seconds. Henko Roukema, the
YEP polar bear, took sixth position overall with a spectacular time of 32
minutes and 44 seconds. Henko, an extremely talented swimmer, was also the
second senior swimmer to finish the race without a wetsuit!! Daniel Louw
completed the course in 40 minutes and 16 seconds – just in time to grab a
board and head back into the ocean as a lifeguard for the slower swimmers.
Louise Louw finished in a time of 63 minutes and took third place in the
Junior Girls division.
What I love about storms is the calm after the storm. Today the sun is out in Vancouver. Everything is more or less back to normal on Pangaea. The crew is well rested and Tristan, Jacek and myself thank all of you following and supporting our epic trip across the Pacific. We are getting the boat ready to sail again down south along the west coast of the US. It's going to very exciting with a big variety of activities and interesting people to meet.
We have arrived in Vancouver!! The last 48 hours has been very rough – 120nm from Vancouver Island. We had to turn around and run with the wind to make it safe for the crew and Pangaea. The waves became too big as we sailed into shallow water and the wind increased to more than 60knots. At one stage Tristan said he has never seen so much water coming over the deck of Pangaea in 2 years. The force of Nature never stops to amaze me. If we can only understand how weak we are against the natural elements we will not destroy but respect the mother that feeds us…….
One thousand Chinese-Malaysian kids slowly but surely fill the assembly hall at Tsung Tsing Secondary School in Kota Kinabalu at 8:15AM.
It was magical how the lively crowd went silent as I reached out for the microphone. I truly had the feeling that virtually every single one of those students was actually listening to what I was saying. It was great to have the opportunity to speak to such a massive audience and share my knowledge about ocean conservation. I was particularly glad to be able to approach them regarding shark conservation as they are the very ones that consume the infamous shark fin soup.
One could make out marveled faces as they saw pictures of an intact coral reef and shocked faces as they were confronted with a compilation of photographs of industrial shark finning. I profoundly hope to have been able to plant a seed in their minds that will grow to be environmentally conscious and caring for our oceans.
It's up to us, to not repeat the mistakes of our predecessors and to change our behavior. – Make the connection!
http://www.sttss.edu.my/
Land ahoy! After a particularly difficult crossing its great to finally see land. With another low pressure system coming our way I decided to head to the Northeren point of Vancouver Island and to sail the sheltered route towards Vanvouver city.
Only 230nm to go, that's just one more day!!