I had this problem once. After many many years of bathing in the Irish sea. But it turns out it is surprisingly easy to adjust to swimming in places that do not require much practice at avoiding hypothermia. - and, on past evidence, surprisingly easy to adjust back to taking one's dips in water that causes numbness and screaming.
(I have pictures, but my camera battery is now dead, so retrieving them must wait.)
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Date: 2012-05-04 04:56 pm (UTC)(I have pictures, but my camera battery is now dead, so retrieving them must wait.)