Pushing the boundaries of endurance, and perhaps saniity, is the thing that Lewis Gordon Pugh does best. Fortunately, Pugh also writes well, so the New York Times’ first person account of his attempt to set a new world record for cold water swimming is (sorry) a breathtaking piece of work. See for yourself:
"A cardiac surgeon and English Channel swimmer once warned me that it
was impossible to swim for any length of time in water that is 32
degrees Fahrenheit. "A normal person will be disabled within seconds,"
he said, "and dead within two or three minutes."
But my view is
that nothing is impossible. On my side was the fact that whenever I see
cold water, my body instinctively raises its core temperature from 98
degrees to 101 degrees. That may sound insignificant, but in
thermo-regulation terms, it is critical. Before I get into icy water,
my body is a furnace. It has confounded scientists and earned me the
nickname the Ice Bear."
Read the whole thing here.
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