Paul Hopfensperger (Hoffy) - English Channel Swim 2007 - Home

Text Box: Hello, my name is Paul Hopfensperger (Hoffy). On the morning of Tuesday July 10, 2007, I dived into the English Channel at Samphire Hoe, near Dover at 06:49 Hrs, and swam for 13 Hrs 52 minutes. At 20:41 Hrs, I walked ashore at Wissant in France to become only the 873rd person in history to have swum the English Channel. Why did I do this? To help try and raise £50,000 for the following two charities: ● CLIC Sargent - The UK’s Leading Children’s Cancer Charity ● St Nicholas’ Hospice - Located in Bury St. Edmunds, St. Nicholas Hospice provides palliative care for people throughout West Suffolk and Thetford with life-limiting illnesses and supporting those who care for them. How can you sponsor me for the swim? There are three options:- Click on the “DONATE!” button on either the CLIC Sargent or St. Nicholas’ Hospice boxes on the bottom right hand side of this page. OR; Please send a cheque payable to “Hoffy’s Channel Swim” to the address shown below. To find out more about these important charities and why I am raising funds for them, click here

Text Box: Above: Training at Felixstowe on December 26, 2006. Water temperature 48 Degrees Fahrenheit (9 Deg Cent). For more information please contact me as follows:- Paul Hopfensperger “Hoffy’s Channel Swim” Risbygate House 16 Risbygate Street BURY ST EDMUNDS Suffolk IP33 3AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)7887 711333 E-mail: info@HoffysChannelSwim.org.uk

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No matter how high the mountain is, it can be compared to a small tomb under the heaven.

So if a man attempted to climb it, there would be no reason why he can’t succeed.

But very often one claims the mountain is too high without even attempting to climb it.

Ancient Korean proverb.

There’s no such word as “can’t”!

Paul Hopfensperger, 2006.

The English Channel

from Dover to Calais

(Click to enlarge)

Text Box: Click here for details of Hoffy’s training diary which got him across the channel... - Total training distance covered to swim the channel 416.775 KM (258.970 Miles) -

Text Box: Hoffy’s Channel Swim was proudly sponsored by Dangerous Films Limited, who filmed the swim for a programme screened on The Discovery Channel in 2008 called ‘The Human Body’. The photo taken below shows them filming Hoffy onboard the support boat Louise Jane on the morning of the swim. Click here to purchase the DVD online...

Donate securely to St Nicholas’ Hospice online below:-

Above: Hoffy swims with the Dover to Calais P&0 Car ferry in the English Channel on Tuesday July 10, 2007.

Donate securely to CLIC Sargent online below:-

· Hoffy becomes only the 84th person in history to swim the channel more than once on September 11-12, 2008. (Click for Further Information)

· May 27, 2007 “Virtual Channel Swim” raises a total of £1,850 for CLIC Sargent, the UK’s largest children’s cancer charity.

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