Chicago Polar Plunge 2022 (frigid faces)
Mar 8, 2022 08:10:44 #
The 22nd Annual Chicago Polar Plunge happened this past Sunday at the North Avenue Beach on Lake Michigan, Chicago. The Polar Plunge benefits the thousands of local athletes in the Special Olympics Chicago / Special Children’s Charities program.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022 by Paul Sager, on Flickr
All funds raised benefit the over 7500 Special Olympics Chicago athletes, covering program costs such as transportation, sports equipment, team uniforms, and meals.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
About 4,000 people participated in the Polar Plunge 2022 in Chicago.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
The Polar Plunge aimed to raise $2 million by Sunday. Each participant was responsible to raise $200 and the event website reports $1.7-million achieved.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Besides North Avenue Beach in Chicago, there were people taking the plunge at 24 other locations throughout Illinois last weekend.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
In 2020, the Polar Plunge was one of the last major events the city hosted before the COVID-19 outbreak brought life to a standstill. The 2021 event was held virtually due to the pandemic, though some participants still took a dip in Lake Michigan.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Local WGN legend meteorologist Tom Skilling had the honor of taking the lake’s temperature before the plunge. The thermometer read 42 degrees, but Skilling estimated it was actually around 37 degrees.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
With the air and water temperatures both in the 30s, it was certainly chilly. But the smiles, cheering and the cause kept participants going.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
All images were captured in RAW from an EOS 5D III and the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM. Processing was performed in Adobe Lightroom 6. The title of each image is a URL link to the host Flickr page for the EXIF details of each image.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022 by Paul Sager, on Flickr
All funds raised benefit the over 7500 Special Olympics Chicago athletes, covering program costs such as transportation, sports equipment, team uniforms, and meals.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
About 4,000 people participated in the Polar Plunge 2022 in Chicago.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
The Polar Plunge aimed to raise $2 million by Sunday. Each participant was responsible to raise $200 and the event website reports $1.7-million achieved.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Besides North Avenue Beach in Chicago, there were people taking the plunge at 24 other locations throughout Illinois last weekend.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
In 2020, the Polar Plunge was one of the last major events the city hosted before the COVID-19 outbreak brought life to a standstill. The 2021 event was held virtually due to the pandemic, though some participants still took a dip in Lake Michigan.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Local WGN legend meteorologist Tom Skilling had the honor of taking the lake’s temperature before the plunge. The thermometer read 42 degrees, but Skilling estimated it was actually around 37 degrees.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
With the air and water temperatures both in the 30s, it was certainly chilly. But the smiles, cheering and the cause kept participants going.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
All images were captured in RAW from an EOS 5D III and the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM. Processing was performed in Adobe Lightroom 6. The title of each image is a URL link to the host Flickr page for the EXIF details of each image.
Chicago Polar Plunge 2022
Mar 8, 2022 08:13:23 #
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Mar 8, 2022 08:35:59 #
Mar 8, 2022 08:36:02 #
13 wrote:
Stupid. What does it accomplish? Nice shots!
I'll guess donations for the Special Olympics.
Not up for the challenge, eh?
Mar 8, 2022 08:54:48 #
Mar 8, 2022 08:56:41 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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Great pics, and for a great cause. KUDOS to all those people!!!!! Thanks Paul for the pics.
Mar 8, 2022 09:15:43 #
Haha! The last image says all I need to know… They have “that” look! What a super event….
Mar 8, 2022 09:51:35 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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excellent set, paul...the facial expressions you captured tell me that water was tooo cold!
Mar 8, 2022 09:56:06 #
Longshadow wrote:
I'll guess donations for the Special Olympics.
Not up for the challenge, eh?
Not up for the challenge, eh?
NO!
You are a better man than me Gunga Din!
Mar 8, 2022 10:11:12 #
flip1948 wrote:
NO!
You are a better man than me Gunga Din!
You are a better man than me Gunga Din!
Haha - I won't do it either!
But my comment was directed at 13 before he found out that it was a charity event.
He updated his comment.
Mar 8, 2022 10:17:48 #
Thank you Bill, 13, Sarantis, Jim, 47greyfox, merrytexan, flip1948! I came away with a lot of images, enough for slightly different themes / groupings of different posts. Say tuned for the next few days.
Mar 8, 2022 10:19:35 #
Great set...really shows how cold the water is. We have the same thing here for various charities...I will donate but there is no way your getting me in that water!
Mar 8, 2022 11:05:15 #
CindyHouk wrote:
Great set...really shows how cold the water is. We have the same thing here for various charities...I will donate but there is no way your getting me in that water!
Thank you Cindy! I haven't been into Lake Michigan in years. In former days, I reserved my annual dip to Labor Day Weekend, maybe the warmest point of the year, and even then, the water is takes-your-breath-away cold.
Mar 8, 2022 16:51:39 #
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