Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Polar Bear Plunge

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‘Freezin’ for a Reason’ @ Hyrum Reservoir (Jan. 16)

By Jess Allen
Photos by Christian Hathaway
January 17th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life

HYRUM—Shrieks and cheers fill the chill air above Hyrum Reservoir as another head bobs to the frigid surface of a square of near-freezing open water cut in the ice.

After volunteers clear the icy water of shoes, clothing, lost props and polar plungers too frozen to get out on their own, the judges’ attention turns to the next contestant, wearing nothing but shorts, goosebumps and sandals.

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