Dodging storms, huge whales and exhaustion, North Yorkshire's Jasmine Harrison is on the last leg of her perilous journey to swim the length of Britain - and now faces the most dangerous stretch.
Faced with Orca whales who could easily mistake her for a tasty seal, and the notorious seas of Cape Wrath on the North West tip of Scotland, Jasmine is hoping to finally reach the end of her mammoth challenge to become the first woman to swim the 900 mile length of the country next week.
“There are around eight tides, and 80miles to go,” said Jasmine as she sheltered in Kinlochbevrie waiting out storms and trying to muster up the energy and determination to finish. She admits it is daunting and even more so after encountering a huge whale which swam underneath her during the night - and thwn came back for a second look.
“I am getting more scared of being in the water at night, after the big whale," she said. Around Cape Wrath it is unnerving because after that it is the finish, we are so close we only have around 81 miles to go.
“It is just getting more dangerous because Cape Wrath is the most notorious part of it but it is exciting. There are Orcas and I know how much I look like a seal in the water. I have been messaged by military people telling me that we need to be careful.
“We are just sorting out the last logistics of the voyage. It is hard because all the wetsuits have holes in them, but just around eight more tides and we will be there and I really cannot wait.”
Jasmine, from Thirsk, has a support crew with a kayaker who stays with her in the water and a small boat which she lives on because she plans not to set foot on land until she reaches John O' Groats.
The hope is that once Jasmine is round Cape Wrath going from the west of Scotland to John O' Groats in the east, the spring tides will help sweep her towards the finish line.
The 22-year-old swimming teacher hit headlines around the world last year when she became the youngest woman to row alone 3,000 miles across the Atlantic ocean in the Talisker Whisky Challenge. Jasmine spent 70 days rowing solo from La Gomera in the Canaries to Antigua in the Caribbean.
Jasmine set off on her swim on July 1, aiming to keep going for up to 12 hours a day, in six hour shifts because she cannot battle against the tides. Two other people have completed the 900-mile swim, both men. Jasmine is raising money for Surfers Against Sewage and Sea Shepherd UK.
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