Spencer Matthews

Apparently they come at you from the side and they drag you underwater to, you know, as fast as they can to drown you.

And they're big apex predators.

They weigh between, you know, 300 and 600 kilos.

Big, big, huge, you know, they're nine times the size of me in terms of weight.

Right.

So one of these things gets a hold of you.

Good luck.

You know, you're gonzo.

They kind of appear like a big dog, like a really sharp-toothed, aggressive thing.

I'm sure they're also probably just curious animals that perhaps take a bit of a negative turn if they feel like it, but you're in their world here.

Yes.

And so as well as the zero-degree water that you'll be in for between an hour and a half and two hours,

and the very serious threat to actual dangerous wildlife, your mind, if allowed to, will just wander into all kinds of hell, right?

And that's before you're even in the water.

So you have to take a, again, a kind of logical view on what's happening.

A lot of trust gets placed in the kit.

I had the choice between a wetsuit that would keep me warm in kind of six degrees in which I'd be able to swim fast or a bigger, more heavy duty wetsuit that would almost certainly make the swim a massive struggle.

But I probably wouldn't be that cold.

I opted for that just because, you know, going hypothermic at that stage in the day would be a big problem for the rest of the day.

And, you know, the night before it, I was in all kinds of, you know, negative headspace.