Don Hume, seat stroke for the Washington Huskies, wasn’t the talkative type whatsoever. But, in Roger’s words, ‘he didn’t need to talk the way he moved that oar’.

But, unfortunately for Don, talking to other people didn’t come as easy as treading water—which is why Don Hume sat across from you, the team aid, in tense silence.

Should he say something? he asked himself, frowning as he thought hard about it.