This morning I joined Mike Waldner and Joel Aro for the Polar Bear Plunge over on Alki Beach in West Seattle (video I West Seattle Herald article).
It was certainly polar.
Surveying the terrain.
The three of us joined about one hundred or so other brave souls for a sprint into the water at about 10 am. I’m guessing it was about thirty-five degrees outside and about forty-five in the water. We were all in the water for roughly a minute, which was a very long minute if I do say so. We all got dunked, too.
A few pics:
Before ...
during ...
after.
Our Seattle Team teammates Tony Secretario and Jeff Benezra joined us for moral support. Tony brought his dog, Jeff his nice leather coat, to prevent the surprise throw in.
I don't know much Joel paid for that coat, but $1 was too much.
Finn and Reese had good fun playing on the beach after breakfast.
Benezra kept his coat on lest he get thrown in.
Beatrice, Georgio and Victoria, the Moeller's friends from Rome, Italy.
The Moellers: Eli will get wet in '12.
