Hoffy's Two Way Channel Swim 2008

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Text Box: My name is Paul Hopfensperger (‘Hoffy’). On Tuesday July 10, 2007, I became the 873rd person in history to swim the English Channel. I swum from Samphire Hoe in England to Wissant in France in 13 Hours and 52 Minutes (Click here for more info). During the week of September 06 - 13, 2008, I will be attempting to become only the 19th person in history and only the 5th English person to complete a two way English channel swim. That’s England to France to England without stopping (about 60+ miles with the tide). Before that, during the week of August 10 - 13, 2008, I will be attempting to be only the 13th person in history to swim from Jersey to France (there are however, 2 other swimmers attempting this before me in July and August). But why am I doing this? I am trying to raise £50,000 for CLIC Sargent, the UK’s largest Children’s Cancer Charity and St. Nicholas’ Hospice. CLIC Sargent - Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That’s because they are there every step of the way: During treatment, providing specialist nurses, doctors, play specialists, Homes from Home. In hospital & at home offering specialist social care and family support in the community – specialist youth services, holidays, grants, helpline. After treatment – helping survivors, supporting those bereaved, research. St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds, provides palliative care for patients and their families who are living with terminal illnesses like cancer. This care can be provided to the end of life, in the Hospice, in local hospitals and at home. This is entirely free to all who need their help. They can only do this with the generous support from local communities. This web site, and my blog site will attempt to document the journey, that my family and I will take over the next year to try to achieve this most daunting of tasks. Please join us on our journey, but most importantly, please click on either of the two options opposite to donate directly online to these two very important local charities… For more information on this challenge or to donate by post, please contact me as follows (please make cheques payable to “Hoffy’s Channel Swim”):- Paul Hopfensperger “Hoffy’s Two Way Channel Swim” Risbygate House 16 Risbygate Street BURY ST EDMUNDS Suffolk IP33 3AA United Kingdom UK Tel: 07887 711333 International Tel: +44 7887 711333 E-mail: Paul@HoffySwims.com

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Text Box: No matter how high the mountain is, it can be compared to a small tomb under the heaven. So if a man attempted to climb it, there would be no reason why he can’t succeed. But very often one claims the mountain is too high without even attempting to climb it. Ancient Korean proverb.

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