Polar Plunge

[bookworm_cn317]

Wow that looks really cool!!

There is a group in South Boston that does a similar plunge every New Years Day. I keep telling myself that one of these days I'm going to be crazy enough to go down and give it a try You're inspiring me now!!

C'mon! Who else wants to be crazy? Besides me and Carol, that is!

 

[bookworm_cn317]

OK, it's official. A couple of weeks ago I told Jay I would be part of his plunge group. So, the first Saturday of February 2009, you guys will know where I'll be.


And, I'm kinda excited about it.

 

[jkembry]

Has anybody EVER done the Polar Plunge for charity? Was it fun? Nobody got sick(flu, cold, pneumonia, whatever), right?

Because, I think I'm going to be doing it in February.

I have done it once...but not for charity. It was something my local rod and gun club did at the lake they owned. It was done on New Year's Day...and I will NEVER EVER do that again. It was so cold that I felt like I was getting a freezer burn.

I never came down with flu or other problems after warming up.

 

[bookworm_cn317]

I'll have a fundraising page link around December. Donations are optional.

 

[bookworm_cn317]

As soon as my TKD instructor sets up the team page, I'll set mine up and start fundraising!

Stay tuned for more developments as they happen.

So, you know, ignore the previous post!

 

[bookworm_cn317]

OK, the team page was FINALLY set up! Which means, obviously, that I set up MY page. So, if anybody wants to donate, just let me know and I can give you the website!

 

[Cryozombie]

Good Luck

 

[jarrod]

i did it last winter for missouri special olympics, it's not so bad! have fun.

jf

 

[bookworm_cn317]

I REALLY can't believe I'm pulling the "guilt trip" card, but, here it goes:

Nobody is willing to ask me for the website address? I feel so unloved. :wah:

 

[Carol]

Let me give you a quick lesson in business, hon.

You'll get more business when you make it easy for people to give you money. Its much easier to hang on to my money if I don't know where to send it. I like hanging on to money.

Sometimes....

Now post the website and the paypal link already wouldja please?

 

[bookworm_cn317]

Here's the link:
http://www.firstgiving.com/christinaflibotte1

 

[Carol]

Congratulations on meeting your goal

 

[bookworm_cn317]

Thanks for donating, Carol! ::HUGS::

 

[bookworm_cn317]

Doesn't anybody else want to donate? Please?

 

[bookworm_cn317]

There's still time to donate money! So, PLEASE donate and I will have pictures & footage for you to watch!

PLEASE make my first time plunging special, 'K?

 

[zDom]

Never done a "polar plunge" but we (Cape Girardeau/Sikeston MSK hapkido) DO bath regularly (several times a year) near the Eleven Point Spring in south-central Missouri.

Some believe in the power of cold water therapy — like my instructor. He doesn't even have his water heater hooked up at his home.

Something to remember: (fresh) water only gets down to 33 degrees F. Any colder and it's ICE Air gets MUCH colder.


For the last couple of years I have followed my hot showers with a cold-as-the-tap-can-get rinse for about a minute. Very refreshing.

And it paid off: I've spent the last week without electricity. I've been taking cold showers in the morning. Not quite as refreshing when I have to do the entire thing in cold water but not as bad as you might think.

I am still praying my power is restored today...

 

[bookworm_cn317]

C'mon people! Make my first plunge memorable--DONATE!! Don't make me have to beg!

 

[bookworm_cn317]

I've added the Plunge pics to my MySpace page.

myspace.com/starchild317

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