A team of Microsoft employees from Reading, UK will be undertaking a cross channel swim in mid-September to raise money for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust. The 6 person team will swim in relay, each member swimming for one hour, to cover the 18.2 nautical miles in hopefully 14 hours.
We are looking to see if the software I assembled to track my sponsored walk earlier this year can be used to track the swimmers from the safety boat. Does anyone know how far out cellular coverage goes? Suspect we might have to play with an Iridium satellite device :-)
Unfortunately I'll be in the US when the swim goes ahead but I'll be following them closely. You can sponsor these brave individuals from the JustGiving site and remember, Microsoft will match your donation pound for pound to a total of £7500.
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