We are delighted to welcome Open Water Marathon Swimmer & Cold Water Safety Specialist Nuala Moore to Droichead for the launch of her new book Limitless.
‘It’s not about the Swim’ -an insight into the journey through the extremes
‘In life sometimes we can cover up for our weaknesses, but the minute you’re exposed to anything in the extremes you can’t. That’s why, sometimes, we go to the extremes – to meet the best version of ourselves. And every now and then, that is a wonderful place to be.’
The sea has always been a part of Nuala Moore’s life: her earliest memory is of jumping off her father’s trawler in Dingle harbour and swimming back to shore. Since then, she’s swum in some of the coldest, remotest and most dangerous waters in the world, from the Bering Strait to the Drake Passage.
After years of marathon swimming, Nuala struggled to balance sacrifice and achievement, and her work-life balance forced a change in her pathway. She turned to ice swimming. For Nuala, these extreme situations offered freedom and a chance to find her true north.
Nuala believes that everyone is capable of greatness, whatever shape that might take. Limitless is her breathtaking memoir, detailing what goes through her mind when she’s in the water and how, when she returns home, she processes the fallout of pushing herself to the brink.
Nuala Moore is an Irish open water swimmer and adventurer, as well as a cold-water safety specialist, a coach, a mentor and an endurance swimmer who has pushed the boundaries for women in extreme sports. She holds two Guinness World Records and, in 2006, was a member of the team to swim around Ireland. She lives in Dingle, County Kerry.