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So you either jump the Strid or, failing that, you cross the Jordan (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crossing%20J...), in which case you won't need a T-Shirt anymore...


Or you cross the river Styx [1], depending which mythology you believe.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx


Or the River on Which Nothing Floats

(referencing Ken Liu's Dandelion Dynasty, which I just finished. Liu is the American translator for Liu Cixin's Three Body Problem, which has been discussed on HN, so other HN readers might be interested to learn that he also has his own fiction)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu#Novels


Or the Rubicon




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