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While Tony Bullimore was competing in the Vendée Globe race, the Southern Ocean's severe weather broke the keel off his yacht, causing the top-heavy craft to flip upside down and leaving him trapped inside the cabin in several feet of ice cold water. Utterly helpless and amidst a roaring hurricane, Bullimore remained this way for four days before eventually being rescued by the Royal Australian Air Force.
After the event, Bullimore was upbeat, saying he survived on 'a little chocolate, water and sheer determination'. In fact, the only reason Bullimore was able to survive the extreme conditions was because he was wearing a heavily insulated survival suit. Without it, hypothermia could have killed him in as little as 15 minutes.
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