beneath its mirror-clear Pacific waters,
must surely qualify it into any clickbait-
guided summary of 'world's best places to
swim' or similarly objective missions.
Organised, guided, ocean swimming is
something Pinetrees has been doing for a
while, but recently, they’ve launched the
venture in earnest.
“The whole idea is to encourage people
who come here to move away from pools
and gyms and equipment,” Luke says.
“It’s about asking, why go to the pool
when you can ocean swim? Why get on
the walking machine when you can go for
a trail run?”
Pinetrees' ocean-swim, ocean-wise
program will be designed by Trevor
Hendy, the former World and Australian
Ironman Champion. It’ll run for five days,
be self-guided, and have three different
levels: gentle, intermediate and
challenging.“There will be a proper, coaching
sports science angle to it all,” Luke says.
“For that challenging level, there might
be three activities a day. Every one of
them is energetic, every one of them is
going to get your heart rate up, but every
one of them is going to take you to
amazing places.”
There will also, for the first time, be a
full-time yoga instructor on the staff,
allowing adventurers to start their days in
the right way.NEPTUNE’S KINGDOM
With such an aquatic asset, it makes
clear sense that someone like Trevor
Hendy is Lord Howe Island's ocean
swimming and activity guide. It's a
testatement to Luke Hanson's deep
commitment and belief in the unrivaled
adventure potential inherent in the
naturally forming geology of Lord HoweIsland that he looks to collaborate with
guides of the calibre of Trevor Hendy.
In Outdoor's estimation, this is the
future of adventure tourism.
Increasingly people have a short
amount of time available for recreation.
When they finally have the time to
contemplate some R&R, they crave and
hope for a quick and easy decision; an
undistracted and easy time deciding
where to go. Not easy with the
conglomeration of utter falsehoods
peddled online these days.
Typically they wish for a beautiful
location replete with tranquil areas to
chill and unwind and also — what a
bonus — unbelievably skilled and
experienced people at their chosen
destination, with heaps of earned
knowledge and boundless passion about
elements of nature and a willingness to
share it with them. — AFDESTINATION ADVENTURE
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