Saturday’s photography class took us outside on a ‘field trip.’ Technically we didn’t go far. About 10 feet outside the door if I wanted to get technical, which I don’t.
The reason for the field trip? Chino Valley’s first ever Arctic Plunge!
There was a bit of a problem though. Apparently they couldn’t corral up quite the number of suckers they had wanted. So a lonely five participants entered the cold water of Chino’s swimming pool.:
Photographers outnumbered the participants by 3 or 4 to 1. :)
But the contestants had a good time anyway, swimming a few laps:
Then it was time for carrying ice blocks across the pool. Because, you know, they weren’t cold enough:
Soon they all started to congregate in one corner of the pool. They looked like they were done:
After twenty minutes in the pool they had finally had enough, and hopped out. After picking up all of the blocks of ice of course:
I can’t say as I envied them, but it sure did provide a great forum for taking pictures!
6 comments:
Wow...that seems like nuts!
Sadira - In all honesty, if I would have had a bathing suit, I would have gone in too. :)
Funniest thing I've seen on a Prescott blog, yet. Especially the carrying ice part.
Toni - They were all good sports about it. They drew the line at sitting on ice blocks. None of them wanted to do it. :)
Prescott Valley had one of these events after Christmas but we missed it. Great shots of the "fun?". But, 20 minutes? Really? I wonder how long it took them to warm up.
Jarart - I heard that there was hot showers waiting for them, though I'm not sure that was the wisest choice for warming up.
A little hypothermia does a body good I guess. :)
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