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Post by Rusty on Jan 6, 2024 16:37:00 GMT -5
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Post by sauerkraut on Jan 13, 2024 11:11:00 GMT -5
Not found?? What is it?
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Post by sauerkraut on Jan 18, 2024 12:01:59 GMT -5
Yep that is how most polar plunges work, but to be legal you need to go fully under water not just run in waist deep and run out. Your whole body needs to be in the frozen icy water.
We had a tuff polar plunge in Tulsa we started with a two mile run and then we had to jump into icy pool #1 swim across it and run about 200 meters fully wet in the freezing air, I had ice form in my hair & shoes. Then we had to jump into the 2nd pool swim across that and then finally into the last pool #3 and grab out medals out from the bottom of the pool so we had to dive down to the bottom to get our medals- then we ran to the finish line and tried to warm up the best we could
My first polar plunge I went ill prepared in 2012 I didn't even bring a towel along or a change of clothes and I was shivering for over two hours after I got home. Brooke the girl who talked me into doing it with her got frost bite on her nose. The next year I came ready with a change of clothes and a towel and that made a big difference. Just jumping into one pool or lake/ocean is what most polar plunges are like. The worst in our polar plunge is that first icy pool your body goes numb. They had fires going for the plungers to warm up at after they finish.
Stick your hand in a bucket of icy water and thank how it would feel if your whole body was in that- yeah it's that bad!
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