“I didn’t get used to it, but it was just like hot steel rods being lashed across your body the whole time.”

Said Dean Summers, 64, who yesterday became the first man to swim from Newcastle to Sydney unassisted. Summers took 31 hours to complete the 95km swim, battling large waves and constant blue-bottle stings while following English Channel rules of wearing only Speedos, a swimming cap and goggles. Brave man…