Well, I have finally experienced a REAL winter. For the past few weeks, the temperature in Uralsk has been hovering around -35. Luckily this week, it is about -15 to -20 and snowing. I realized that this was the coldest weather that I had every experienced when I was walking to work and my eyelashes froze together.
You would think that the cold winter weather would keep us inside but I joined 8 other volunteers (and 6 local friends) for the annual sin cleansing cold plunge. Yes, we did the plunge in -35 degree weather. And yes, it was really cold. I lost feeling in my feet and hands almost instantly but I still managed to drink my shot of vodka and take a bite of a salty pickle before I put my clothes back on. It was still a great time but I much preferred the -5 weather that we had last year.
I knew this was my last chance to plunge in Uralsk so I couldn't let the weather stop me!
Posted by youngterry
at 7:21 AM CST
