So, let me tell you a story. Before that, You need to know that now I live in Sitka, Alaska. Not for forever. It's only for a year. and I passed my 5th months already.
It is December. It is winter already. And what's weird about my story is that, here, people have a
December 28th, 2013. Me and my host family went to the gym to work out. Not to burn some fat. But to "warm up" before we went to polar dip.
At noon (which looks like 6am) and it was raining and windy, we went to the Coast Guard thing to do the polar dip. Lucky us, Sitka didn't have frozen lake that time. So, instead of "dipping" ourselves on the lake, we run ourselves to the ocean. But in Anchorage or any northern Alaska, they literally cut the ice from the lake, and dip themselves. That is horrible.
The water temperature was about 41 degree Fahrenheit. But trust me, it felt like 20!
I know you're terrified reading this. But it's fun though :D So, here are some pictures!
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| 5 minutes before death. Wait, Abigail (blue) and Angela (the photo bomber) didn't participate. Too bad! |
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| Alora (black) participated, but Chaya (Red) only there to watch me suffer |
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| Grace, please hold my hand. I'm scared! |
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| Need to get out of the water as fast as I can! |
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| 30 seconds after the freezing shock |
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| We're brave people, Alora! *runs to get hot chocolate* |
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