Renate Herberger is determined to raise awareness of the harm being done to the endangered creatures of the oceans. To make her point, she's preparing to swim the entire Costa Rican Pacific coast – more than 1,000 kilometers.
Herberger, 52, a German living in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, will begin her extraordinary challenge Feb. 1 at Punta Burica on the border with Panama. She will swim eight hours a day, five days a week, for more than two months, she says, until she reaches her destination at Bahía Salinas on the Nicaraguan border.
“My project is about promoting gentler practices out at sea,” Herberger told The Tico Times. “So much life is lost through unsustainable and wasteful commercial fishing practices, such as shark-finning, long-lining, trawling and drag-netting.”
Herberger is garnering support – funds and places to dry off and rest along the way – through her Web site www.costaricamermaid.net.
Read next Friday's print edition of The Tico Times for more on this story. |
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