Phil Warren endured freezing temperatures and jellyfish stings to complete the 31-mile Bristol Channel challenge
A dad was rushed to hospital with hypothermia after completing a gruelling 31-mile swim from Devon to Swansea. Phil Warren endured freezing temperatures and jellyfish stings to complete the Bristol Channel challenge in just under 22 hours last month.
Challenge rules meant that he wasn't allowed to grab onto the side of his support vessel at any point, with all his food served in liquid form and tossed to him using a rope while he remained in the water. "I was blue, completely exhausted and had a core temperature of 31°C. I was then rushed by ambulance to Morriston Hospital where they also found fluid on my lungs. They did blood tests, chest X-rays and set about warming me up slowly. I was in for about eight hours before getting the all-clear.
"All the things I'd been bottling up my whole life just crept up behind me and hit me like a ton of bricks, all at once. A huge black cloud descended and I remember thinking, 'I've got to get out of here'. I ended up leaving the house and walking and walking for 12 hours straight, crying the whole way."
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