The Great Lake swim for mental health

Mental health is something a lot of people deal with and choose not to speak out, especially young men as talking about their feelings is not something we are encouraged to do and that we should just suck it up.

Personally I've lost close friends, sports team mates, school friends and childhood friends so suicide and mental illness and its something that is really hard to deal with the pain and loss those family members feel.

So to fundraise for gumboot Friday I will be swimming to Mokoia Island in the middle of lake Rotorua.