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Crazy Russians :D Russians have tradition - swim in the hole. It do on The feast of the Baptism. At The end of January people in all Russian cities go to rivers and lakes in order to swim. I swam three times in my life, and this year too) I have been living 1 year in Moscow and winter is warm here. That is why swimming-day was warm: only minus 2 degrees) Before I used to live in Yekaterinburg (It is Ural) and there is I swam when was -30 degrees)) It was extreme)) It was very cool feels) In water was very cold and when you go out, water on your skin becomes ice. You need dry yourself and clothe. Later you become warm)) After the swim you feel yourself easily. I should say that after swim nobody is ill. On the contrary it is useful for health. You need necessarily try it. P.S. In this photo me!
Mar 28, 2015 9:40 PM
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Crazy Russians :D

Russians have a tradition - plunging into a hole. They do it on The Feast of the Baptism. At the end of January people in all Russian cities go to rivers and lakes in order to plunge. I have plunged three times in my life, and this year too.  I have been living in Moscow 1 year  and winter is warm here. That is why plunging-day felt warm: only minus 2 degrees. Before I used to live in Yekaterinburg (It is in the Urals) and there  I plunged when it was -30 degrees. It was extreme. It was a very cool feeling. In the water it was very cold and when you get out, the water on your skin becomes ice. You need to dry yourself and get dressed. Later you become warm. After the swim you feel good in your skin. I should say that after swimming nobody is ill. On the contrary it is useful for the health. You really need to try it.

P.S. In this photo it is me!

 

I am not sure if it is better to sat 'swim' or 'plunge'.

Interesting and a great photo!

March 28, 2015
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Crazy Russians :D

Russians have a tradition - to swim in the hole in the ice. It We do this on The Feast of the Baptism. At the end of January, people in all Russian cities go to rivers and lakes in order to swim. I have swum swam three times in my life, and this year too.) I have been living 1 year in Moscow for one year and the winter is warm here. That is why the  swimming-day was warm: only minus 2 degrees! ) Before, I used to live in Yekaterinburg, in the Urals  (It is Ural) and it was there is I swam when was -30 degrees when I swam there.)) It was extreme and very cold. )) It was very cool feels) In water was very cold and When I got you go out, the water on my your skin turned to becomes ice. You need to dry yourself quickly and  get dressed.clothe. Later you become warm.)) After the swim you feel yourself easily. I should say that after a swim nobody becomes is ill. On the contrary it is useful for ones' health. You should need necessarily try it.

P.S. In this This is a photo of me!

March 30, 2015
Yes, it is bear! But he is friendly!
March 30, 2015
Is there a bear in the picture? You are brave, that you swam in the icy water.
March 29, 2015
Yes it is. It tempers people. Welcome to Russia in winter :)
March 28, 2015
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