Polar Bearing
'98
It wasn't cold
enough!
As you may or may not know, the Sheboygan
Polar Bear Club again took their dip into the chilling depths of Lake Michigan
on January 1st at 1:00pm. The water temperature at that time was 34°F and
the wind chill was 11°F. It was pretty cold. As our 2nd annual
event, my friend Jason and I took our turn bathing in the lake. With
adrenaline pumping through our bodies, we chanted, "It's not cold enough!" as we
went into the lake. As we plunged through the line of people we hit the
slush which inevitably enveloped many of the heavy-set people, but as for me and
my friend we ran out the furthest and soon dove into the bliss of the cold Lake
Michigan. As we came up from being underwater we thought for a second of
the tingling cold as we tried to move our freeze shrunk bodies towards the
shore. We thought why we did this once again, but knowing that traditions
are strong in the German heritage and well sorta proving a ground for manliness.
All together its a great time just getting pumped up for the event. You have a
total rush after you have done it and feel like you can accomplish anything and
that's what we especially like about POLAR BEARING!!! Below are some
pictures of our chilling adventure.