Sarah Konoski

And he wore the prize, which was, I think it was an Omega watch, proudly.

For the rest of his life.

But, yeah, I mean, his house was filled with artefacts that I think it was a little bit like, you know, one for the museum, one for him, maybe.

I'm probably exaggerating, but there were definitely cannonballs, which is pretty wild.

Yeah.

What else?

There was some coins.

like silver coins.

There were old daggers.

Just all the things, you know, a young boy wants to see and hold, you know, those things that you can't quite get to in the museum.

I would just take one home for the night.

Yeah, my uncle Jono and my grandfather, John Senior, they were both, yeah, incredibly comfortable in the water.

And I think, yeah, whether it was Uncle John or my grandfather, they certainly, both of them at different times, would give me techniques for swimming and for diving and holding my breath.

And I would practice at both of their pools, just breath holding.

You know, you start at one minute, two minutes, three minutes, until you're at four minutes later on in life.

That's amazing.

Yeah, look, I feel like, you know, when I'm talking to Arlo, my seven-year-old son, and Lottie, who's 10, we're much more aware now, I think, of shallow water blackouts and of the risks of basically biting off more than you can chew, of...

Having a, what would you call it, like a mental strength that pushes through what your body is actually capable of, that's really dangerous.

You know, maybe it's helpful if you want to get to the top of Everest or, you know, survive a Mongolian winter.

But I think, you know, I was possibly a bit silly in how far I pushed that because I did feel close to passing out several times.