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Almost naked start to 2018
Jan 2, 2018 00:09:20 #
Happy New Year, everyone. Not a great photo, but my son was operating the camera.
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Jan 2, 2018 00:14:15 #
Is that you, John?
--Bob
--Bob
JohnFrim wrote:
Happy New Year, everyone. Not a great photo, but my son was operating the camera.
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Jan 2, 2018 00:15:19 #
rmalarz wrote:
Is that you, John?
--Bob
--Bob
Yeah, that's me alright. The groundhog avatar is just better looking.
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Jan 2, 2018 00:22:43 #
Robeng
Loc: California
JohnFrim wrote:
Happy New Year, everyone. Not a great photo, but my son was operating the camera.
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
That looks freaking cold!!!
Jan 2, 2018 00:34:42 #
John, my friend, you have far more initiative than I. Though, I could probably talked into doing that very thing.
--Bob
--Bob
JohnFrim wrote:
Yeah, that's me alright. The groundhog avatar is just better looking.
Jan 2, 2018 00:54:15 #
Robeng wrote:
That looks freaking cold!!!
The high for the day was -10C (about 14F). Of course, the water was just at the freezing point.
I worked on the hole for about 3 days with a chain saw and pry bar, cutting out the freshly formed ice each day and enlarging the opening until it was about coffin-sized (!??!). The old ice was 12-14 inches thick (the distance between my hands in the shot where I am holding a block; a 3 inch white crust over about 10 inches of clear ice), but the fresh ice that refroze into the hole each night was only about 3 inches thick. I re-cleared the hole mid-afternoon today and by the time we got out there 45 minutes later the hole had already skinned over again.
The group shot is a bit misleading -- I was the only person to lie down; the rest (wimps!) stepped into the 24 inch deep hole for a brief instant. This was our second "annual" dip, and I hope to repeat it again next year.
Yes, crazy, but life needs a few crazy moments. Cheers!
Jan 2, 2018 00:56:54 #
rmalarz wrote:
John, my friend, you have far more initiative than I. Though, I could probably talked into doing that very thing.
--Bob
--Bob
A shot of Jaegermeister before builds the courage; and few afterwards soothe the pain. I only put my feet in last year, but this year I took the plunge. It really was far less of a shock than I expected.
Will I do it again next year? ABSOLUTELY!!!
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Jan 2, 2018 12:59:20 #
JohnFrim wrote:
Happy New Year, everyone. Not a great photo, but my son was operating the camera.
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Why would anyone do that to themselves? Burrrrrr!
Jan 3, 2018 05:15:05 #
Ouch, I’m thinking there was some serious “shrinkage” going on there. Thanks for sharing it. Happy New Year, John.
Jan 3, 2018 06:23:40 #
JohnFrim wrote:
The high for the day was -10C (about 14F). Of cour... (show quote)
Fun pictures - I especially like the second to last! Happy New Year to you, you're a braver man than me!
Jan 3, 2018 08:16:18 #
It is amazing how the body and mind can for a short time adjust to the cold water. In upper Michigan the rivers were always about 55 and take a Finnish steam bath and you survive swimming for about 5 minutes. All cabins in the 1950s along the river had steam baths.
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Jan 3, 2018 11:27:37 #
Jan 3, 2018 12:06:29 #
joehel2 wrote:
Ouch, I’m thinking there was some serious “shrinkage” going on there. Thanks for sharing it. Happy New Year, John.
😂😂😂
One of the classic Seinfeld episodes!
Jan 3, 2018 18:43:26 #
RRS
Loc: Not sure
JohnFrim wrote:
The high for the day was -10C (about 14F). Of cour... (show quote)
The first shot scares me with electricity so close to the water. What would have happened if you had fallen in with saw in hand?
Jan 3, 2018 19:10:44 #
JohnFrim wrote:
Happy New Year, everyone. Not a great photo, but my son was operating the camera.
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
Can someone please post a few photos to help me warm up? Thanks!!!
You crazy bastard! Made me shiver..
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