Martina Aitolehti gets bad symptoms in the Special Forces program. BEWARE OF PLOT REVEALS!
Special forces-on the seventh day of the program, the trainers assign the experimenters to a pool filled with ice.
Competitors have to be in the pool for a long time before the trainer Jan Knutti tells them to find the gun in the water. Whoever finds the weapon gets out of the pool. The task is repeated until there is only one kokela left in the pool.
The wellness coach is the last to leave the pool Martina Aitolehti and a weight lifter Terhi Lumme. The two are really cold. After searching for the last weapon, both get out of the pool, but immediately have to do squat training with the other trainees.
Terhi Lumme was apparently the coldest. Jere Hietala, Nelonen
Martina Aitolehti was among the last to get out of the ice-cold pool. Jere Hietala, Nelonen
During training, Lumme starts to warm up a bit, but Aitolehti shows signs of hypothermia. Knutti and the camp doctor Antti Oksanen are following Aitolehti’s condition with concern.
– He should be warming up all the time, but he’s only getting worse, Knutti says to Oksanen in the episode.
The trainers ask the test takers to line up, at which point Aitolehti starts to cry and cry.
– I’m going to vomit, Aitolehti says crying when asked.
– Well, throw up! Knutti and the trainer Matias Petäistö shout in unison.
Martina Aitolehti starts to nod in line. Jere Hietala, Nelonen
The symptoms of hypothermia experienced by Martina Aitolehti are cause for concern. Jere Hietala, Nelonen
Despite his nausea, Aitolehti does not throw up. Knutti tells the trainees to continue training. Soon the camp doctor has to intervene in the situation.
– Now they have to be put in the room, change into dry clothes and warm up, Oksanen tells the trainers.
Knutti instructs the experimenters according to the doctor’s order. Aitolehti and Lumme hug each other near the hut of Kokelai.
– I hate that cold so much, says Aitolehti, crying.
The program’s doctor Antti Oksanen (left) had to deal with Aitolehti’s symptoms of hypothermia. Also in the picture is trainer Jan Knutti (right). Jere Hietala, Nelonen
There seems to be no end to Aitolehti’s crying, and the other test takers rush to comfort her. Kokelaat remind Aitolehti to change into dry clothes. After doing this, Aitolehti goes to warm up in his sleeping bag.
Oksanen soon arrives in the room to confirm Aitolehti’s condition.
– I can’t relax at all, I’m in a cramp, Aitolehti describes how she feels to the doctor.
Oksanen covers Aitolehti with a space sheet and blanket, for which he receives praise from the wellness coach. After the doctor leaves, Aitolehti opens up to other experimenters.
– I have never received anything like that. I thought I was going to die, says Aitolehti.
– I survived, although I thought that was it. I’m crazy, I won’t give up, he states.
Aitolehti commented
Aitolehti tells Iltalehte that he lost track of time in the camp, so he cannot say how long he had time to recover from his symptoms.
– We quickly moved on to the next task. I was fine then. I don’t know if it affected the next day.
Aitolehti doesn’t remember if he was still cold during the next task.
– It was cold there all the time, he says with a little laugh.
Martina Aitolehti says in the episode that she thought she was going to die. Jere Hietala, Nelonen
In Aitolehti’s opinion, the water task did not pass, even though he experienced symptoms of hypothermia. He reminds that there have been similar tasks in every season of the program and even then different people have been on the verge of hypothermia.
Aitolehti has nothing bad to say about the production.
– It is voluntary to be there. If it feels excessive or harsh, there is an option to give away the number tag. That’s the whole point of the story.
– I think crying afterwards is a bit funny.
The Special Forces program can be watched on Tuesdays on Ruudu and Nelose at 9 p.m. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.