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EBPOM invite you to join us for this FREE lecture given by Nuala Moore.
Nuala will tell you about her adventures in cold water swimming and how we can all benefit from taking a dip.
We are delighted to also welcome Prof Hugh Montgomery who will be joining us virtually to introduce Nuala talk.
Book your FREE ticket now, all welcome!
Dingle Skellig Hotel
Farran, Dingle, Co. Kerry, V92 D5X2, Ireland
Nuala Moore is an Irish Open Water swimmer , mostly known for her extreme Ice swims, Over the last decade, she has focused on world firsts in some of the most dangerous and remote icy water stretches in the world.
Nuala has two Guinness World Records for extreme swims, one for her part in the first and only international relay team to swim from Russia to the USA across the Bering Strait, and the second for her pioneering swim in the notorious Drake Passage, South of Cape Horn.
As well as being a risk taker, a cold water safety specialist, a coach, a mentor and an athlete, who has broken ground for women in extreme sports.
Nuala is one of the most recognised swimmers in the cold water world, rather than racking up the numbers, she viewed the swimming journey as a constant building of character and exploration.
Hugh is an English professor of medicine and the director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London. He discovered that an allele of the gene with the DNA code for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) influences physical fitness; this was the first discovery of a gene related to fitness.
Professor Montgomery held a Cat X skydiving qualification, and also an HSE Pt IV commercial diving licence. He is a keen snorkeller and mountain walker, and has climbed in the Himalaya (Cho Oyu, 8201m, 2006; Pumori), the European Alps, and the Andes (Aconcagua, 6997m).
Hugh has complemented his interest in fitness with achievements which include the 100 km ultra marathons, holding the world record for underwater piano playing as well as visiting Everest with the Xtreme Everest research group to undertake research
