Has anyone gave a try to jumping into a body of water while there was snow and ice to be had? I'm interested in giving it a go... maybe. I know it's gotta be one of the stupider things people do but figured it might be quite a fun chance of pace to try. There's a good few cities within range that hold the events to benefit the Special Olympics. It's always good to raise a few bucks for something like that but I'm kinda interested in going out to my favorite swimming hole with a friend or two instead. I'll keep post updates to my quest if I do indeed go though with this.
What I've been told soo far is that getting back out of the water is the worse part. It takes three or so minutes of being under water until things start getting real bad... reading the stuff about cold water survival ain't to pretty however the polar plunge event pages don't really say much about the safety aspect but it's clear that they have ample emergency personnel on hand.
I'm curious to hear your stories and recommendations as to how to do this, what to bring and how to warm back up quickly... would you do it again?
Also... since this is more of a thing you do once just to do it... might be fun to do it sans-cloths to kill two birds with one stone
