Katoomba's Grant Austin is training to be an Ice Miler, taking part in qualifying swims for the International Ice Swimming Association
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00:00What's the temperature like Grant?
00:04It's saying 8.7 at the moment. It'll probably drop a bit.
00:08It's probably half a degree warmer.
00:12So it's an indicative glide for me.
00:16So it's a tropical swim today? Yeah.
00:208.7, yeah. It's easy.
00:24In January I got my own ice bath at home and an ice machine
00:28so I fill it up with ice and get it fairly cold.
00:32I was having ice bath every day up until when I started swimming here
00:36at the lake in late April again.
00:40It's a combination of my love of swimming and
00:44cold water and seeing the Gazette article
00:48prompted me to contact Wyatt Song and I took it from there.
00:52It's also for me like a personal challenge.
00:56It was coming up to me being 60
01:00and just seeing what I can get out of myself
01:04and pushing my limits and seeing what they can be.
01:08I definitely didn't realise what I was getting in for
01:12when I started but I've done my best.
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