Swimming Three Ice Miles within Fifteen Hours Ice swimming is a relative young discipline who is more and more established with own championships.So far, individual case reports have been published in which a float was examined for a longer stay in ice-cold water. We now had the opportunity to pursue a swimmer of the planned to swim several ice mugs in succession.We were able to measure the course of the body core temperature as well as certain blood parameters before and after swimming. Amazing that the swimmer was the highest body core temperature a few minutes after immersion to ice-cold water.With an ice mile to it during swimming to a hypothermia.
Based on blood levels, it turned out that he made a metabolic acidosis, which he then tried to correct with increased breathing by following a respiratory alkalosis. Every swimmer wants to swim once in the ice cold water should look at the case report under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28847139/