BY DAMIAN WHITWORTH – The Times
On the morning I meet Lewis Pugh 11 days have passed since he swam for more than ten petrifying minutes under the Antarctic ice sheet. As I shake his hand, I ask, flippantly, if the feeling has returned to his fingers yet.
“The hands are OK. My feet are sore, though,” he says. “I’m actually going to see a doctor shortly. When you’re younger you think you’re immune to these things. The science is very clear. The older we get, our ability to withstand cold diminishes quite considerably.”
