Ross Edgley says he blacked out during a 60-hour Loch Ness swim because of hypothermia combined with cellulitis, a skin infection.
“Basically, it was, uh, hypothermia mixed with cellulitis, so cellulitis is a skin”
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Ross Edgley says the water in Lake Trasimeno, Italy, was 36 degrees Celsius during a heat wave when he swam there.
“getting into the water, it was 36 degrees. Um, I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but hot.”
Ross Edgley says doctors measured his creatine kinase, a marker of muscle breakdown, at 19,000 after his Italian lake swim.
“They said, Ross, yours is at 19,000, which is so weird for a sport where you are suspended in water.”
Ross Edgley says he set a world record for the longest non-stop river swim, covering 510 kilometers down the Yukon River in about 60 hours.
“I broke the world record for the world's longest non-stop river swim. So it was 510 kilometers, uh, 60 hours, all the way down the Yukon River.”
Ross Edgley recounts that in 1066 a lone Norwegian berserker held the bridge at Stamford Bridge against the English until he was stabbed from beneath.
“1066, I believe, when the Norwegians were invading England, Stamford Bridge, basically, the the Norwegians were retreating.”
Ross Edgley says the University of Iceland asked him to collect environmental DNA samples around Iceland's coast during his swim to track biodiversity.
“the University of Iceland said, Look, if you can collect eDNA samples, environmental DNA samples around the coast of Iceland. We can track biodiversity at a level of detail we've never seen before.”
Ross Edgley says Hurricane Erin and other hazards threatened the last 100 miles of his Iceland swim.
“Hurricane Erin was coming through the Atlantic, so that was over the East coast. We had 100 miles to finish.”
Ross Edgley describes Reynisfjara, on Iceland's south coast, as one of the most dangerous beaches in the world because of sudden sneaker waves.
“It's called Reynisfjara. It's considered like, literally one of the most dangerous beaches in the world.”
Eddie Hall is a World's Strongest Man winner and the first person to deadlift 500 kilograms, according to Ross Edgley.
“Eddie Hall, uh, World's Strongest Man, 1st guy to deadlift 500 kilos.”
Ross Edgley says Emil Zatopek won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the Helsinki Olympics and then entered and won the marathon.
“Helsinki Olympics won the 5,000, won the 10,000, and then turned to his coach and he just went, Um, I think I will run marathon tomorrow.”
Ross Edgley says a famous water polo match known as Blood in the Water pitted Hungary against the Soviet Union while the two were at war.
“It was basically called Blood in the Water, and it was the Hungarians versus the Soviets.”