Downstream

They have already had people
with hypothermia. ‘The
Bridge to Bridge swim can be
quite long and we had to
nearly haul one woman out,
and have the medics ready.
You can get hypothermia
even in warm water because
the body is losing heat.’ One
year a woman got knocked on
the head during a scrum at the
start. ‘She said she didn’t see
the starting line, although it
had a laser light on it, and she