Mark Sowerby, Don't be Prey!

About this episode

Mark Sowerby discusses his journey swimming the Ocean Seven and the impact of his experiences on mental health.

Mark Sowerby is The Blue Room 's guest in this episode. Over a decade he swims the Ocean Seven, seven channels of water on five continents. The first channel ( The English Channel ) is achieved while he's at the helm of a successful start-up company. The rest of the channels become a form of therapy, recovering from the shock of a company going under which morph into the documentary 'Don't be Prey'. Mark attends a screening of the film in Hobart, and takes time out to speak with podcast host Sabra Lane. Features: Mark Sowerby, Don't be Prey. Sabra Lane, podcast host and co-founder. Themes: Oceans Seven, inspirational swimming, courage, mental health, open water swimming, marathon swimming, ocean swimming, cold water swimming, English Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, cookie cutter sharks, "Don't Be Prey" documentary, Jeff Tseng, Michael Kim, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Des Renford. Links: https://www.dontbeprey.film/ https://openwaterpedia.com/wiki/Oceans_Seven

People in this episode

Host: Sabra Lane

Guest: Mark Sowerby

Topics covered

• Oceans Seven
• inspirational swimming
• courage
• mental health
• open water swimming
• marathon swimming
• cold water swimming

Keywords

• Ocean Seven
• inspirational swimming
• mental health
• open water swimming
• Don't be Prey
• marathon swimming
• cold water swimming
• English Channel
• cookie cutter sharks

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Don't be Prey, Oceans Seven

Places: Hobart, English Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar

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