[Alouette]

There were times when I was up there [on the cross], and I could barely speak. Continual hypothermia is so excruciating.

It's being up there [on the cross] that's excruciating.

[NYer]

One of the best and most detailed interviews with Jim Caviezel was given in 2002. It is a long but excellent read!

Christ Complex
GAYLE MacDONALD talks to Jim Caviezel, the actor with the soul of a saint who has been trussed, practically naked, to a cross in an Italian field for 15 days.

[handy]

There were times when I was up there [on the cross], and I could barely speak. Continual hypothermia is so excruciating.

He picked the right word to describe the pain.

\Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t or -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See Cross.]