So, Dad DNF, but he did darned well, anyway.

[xiphias]

We had to pull Father out of the water for hypothermia. At a bit shy of the five mile mark. At a bit shy of three hours.

He made nearly five miles in under three hours. In water temperatures between 59 and 63 degrees (15-17 degrees centigrade).

If Father can manage to gain about fifteen pounds over the next year, he ought to be able to make it all the way.

Edited To Add: A correction. I stated here that Father went a bit shy of the five mile mark. However, we were also taking GPS readings every fifteen minutes, and Lis and I just plotted how far he got at his final reading. At his final reading of 12:15, which was about five or ten minutes BEFORE we pulled him out of the water, he had swum 5.23 miles, just shy of five and a quarter miles. He made well OVER five miles in 2 hours 45 minutes.

Comments

[ailbhe]

I hope he's ok soon. It's kind of shocking that people can pull this kind of physical stunt off, even when they're not someone's father.

I can hardly swim a width at the local pool these days.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Oh, he was fine after just about half an hour.

[ailbhe]

Phew. I've only ever seen very mild hypothermia in much milder conditions. I have no idea what the scale between "wrap in warm blanket, cuddle" and "take to hospital" looks like.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

This was far closer to the first end of that scale. We pulled him out to keep it from getting to the farther end.

[ailbhe]

That doesn't surprise me, knowing what I know of you :)

Linnea had very very mild hypothermia once. It was puzzling and worrying and then, when we realised what it was and that we hadn't recognised it earlier, kind of scary.