Who will take an ice bath next week?

[peacetraveler22]

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[morreth]

There will be hardly any ice on Dnipro in this weather, but I will go get a bath :)

[peacetraveler22]

Is part of this ritual the act of suffering? If so, then ice and frigid waters are necessary. :) Are there unusually warm temperatures in Ukraine this year?

[morreth]

It's +5 C now. They promise -4С on Jan 19, so there may be ice on the river but I think it won't pervent mw from ice river challenge.

And I will certainly enjoy it, not suffer :).

As for ritual, being a Catholic I don't support it as a ritual. For me, it will be a sheer act of badassery.

[peacetraveler22]

Okay, so you answered one of the questions in the post. I guess some nonbeliever badasses also engage in the ritual, merely for fun, not religious reasons. :)

[morreth]

Alas, I don't know the answer. I have never participated in ritual and festivities. I cannot fiddle with wet clothes on the cold winter, so I go to an ice-hole stark naked, alone, in the dark...

[peacetraveler22]

Enjoy! :)

[lev_kuzminsky]

Is part of this ritual the act of suffering?

I think it is an act of joy! ;)

[peacetraveler22]

I also like it! Refreshing and I love the cold. :))

[lev_kuzminsky]

When I saw your answer in my inbox, I thought is is about moonshine... ;)

[peacetraveler22]

:))