Who will take an ice bath next week?

[peacetraveler22]

Comments

[real_marsel]

Killing tradition.

[peacetraveler22]

You're not religious?

[real_marsel]

I am not mad.

[inmigrante]

+1000 :)

[krasnogorr]

Да он просто сноб сопливый.

[yarowind]

It's not so much a religious tradition as it is a public tradition. Many priests warn of the dangers of winter bathing.

[rina_grant]

What dangers? I used to do winter swimming when I was younger but I had to stop because I was disappointed - it turned out to be too EASY. After a few months I realized that having to travel several miles to the river for a quick dip simply wasn't worth the trouble.

It's laughably easy, in fact. The water is warmer than the air so you actually feel warm when you dive in.

[yarowind]

>>What dangers?

http://www.pravmir.ru/kreshhenie-i-kupanie-otvety-na-voprosy/

>> The water is warmer than the air

But the density of the fluid is different, and, accordingly, heat transfer is also different. This is physics.

[rina_grant]

Yeah, but that's pretty obvious. The information in the article, I mean. If someone's drunk or seriously ill, they are indeed taking their lives in their hands. IMHO, everything's good in moderation, even extreme activities.

[lev_kuzminsky]

The water is warmer than the air so you actually feel warm when you dive in.

Tell it to the marines Titanic passengers! ;)

[peacetraveler22]

In all the photos of see of this event, there's an Orthodox priest standing by. That's why I thought it was solely a religious observation.

[yarowind]

Of course, without a priest it does not make sense:). But it is a fairly new tradition, 50-100 years ago didn't know it.