Part 2: Hypothermia can be funn! - Ice Mermaid

Last week, Melissa Kegler said she was going to get her record back.This week, the universe said, we’ll see about that.What follows is five months of waiting for water that is somehow both too warm and too frozen, a logistical nightmare involving flights, storms, dams, and one very specific 24-hour window where everything finally (and briefly) aligns. It is, by all accounts, the worst swim of her life.Naturally, she does it anyway.There’s something quietly unhinged about preparing your body for hypothermia on a biweekly basis, dragging friends and coworkers into the chaos, and then—when it finally happens—thinking, “This feels terrible. I might die. Let’s keep going.”And yet.Somewhere between the near-bail, the dead-man float (briefly considered, quickly abandoned), and a very well-earned post-swim pizza, Melissa figures out exactly what she’s capable of—and, more importantly, how she wants to do it next time.Also: hypothermia. Surprisingly...fun??? Support the show