Saturday, February 27, 2010

eDive Polar Plunge

This started with an email from a friend.  Someone "challenged" me to a skinny dip in an icy pond.  For charity, in February. Payback, I suspect.

Please note...I am a 'land based' or 'terrestrial' creature.  It doesn't say 'swimmer' in the subject line above.  When the polar ice caps melt, I am safely at Elevation +800 ft above sea level.  My day job often involves designing flood protection structures, which means keeping things *DRY*.  Even if Nature meant otherwise.  Sorry Nature.

So dear readers, I did it. Tentatively....Cautiously.  In my duck feet Vibrams.  Waded in to about waist deep.  Body said...."Get the hell out, now. Adult beverages are waiting."

Maybe next year I will have the courage of Super Dave and Missey.  Holding hands and jumping in like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.  "Would you make a jump like that if you didn't have to?....Are you crazy the fall will probably kill ya..."  I wanna know which of you was Paul Newman, and which was Robert Redford??

Made the KWQC 6 pm news....look at about minute 16...

I'll be back. Thanks to Dave Cooney, Marnee, Chris and all from Muscatine for the invite.  Thanks to Monsanto to the worthy donation to Junior Achievement.

Great to see the turnout from the QC running community.  Smiling Cindy, Gary,  Missey, Dave, Debbie, Butch, Rich, too many to mention. Pictures below.

" Bow your heads for the men's prayer...
I am a man, but I can change.
If I have to, I guess..."
-Red Green



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