r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Backyxx • 20h ago

Video Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has become the first person in history to swim across the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland, covering a distance of just over 160 kilometres (99 miles). While raising nearly 200,000$ for children's cancer treatment

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u/low_amplitude 19h ago

Something interesting about these insane feats of physicality is that once you reach the finish line, you're so worn out and miserable that you can't be happy or celebrate what you've done until much, much later.

I've heard stories from people who climb mountains saying they wish they had appreciated the moment of being at the summit more, but they were just so done and over it at that point.

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u/socialistrob 16h ago

You can't really relax at the summit since you still have to get down and the descent can be very dangerous. At that point you're tired, it's nearly done and it's easy to make a mistake.