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JUST ME & THE SEA

AS A little girl she was terrified of water and refused to submerge her face – but as she grew she faced her fears and dove into the deep end.

And there’s been no stopping her since. Amber-Rose Berry has been making a splash in swimming circles after becoming the youngest female to complete the gruelling False Bay crossing, covering an icy stretch of water from Miller’s Point near Cape Town to Rooi Els in the distance.

The race has been dubbed the Everest of Cape swims due to strong and unpredictable currents and the 16-year-old is one of only a handful of swimmers to have finished it.

On top of that, Amber-Rose, who is going into

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