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Cecilia Schütte said, “My mission is to use extreme swimming to inspire people to shrug off their fear and to push the boundaries of the body’s capacity to endure.

The Message of Hope is such an inspiring book with great messages of of hope from all athletes to anyone. I am honored to be part of this book and have an opportunity to hopefully inspire people.”

Message of Hope by Karien Basson includes thoughts, hopes and dreams of a host of South African sports stars, including ice swimmer and marathon swimmer Schütte, and is available in Afrikaans and English in bookstores in South Africa.

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