polar bear swim

On January 1 the annual polar bear swim took place at english bay and among lots of bizarre swimmers my roommate also dived into the freezing water. It was not a cold day at all but weather was rainy and wet and overall disgusting. The whole event was overlooked by the Vancouver lifeguards and even some SUPs were out. NYE hangover fighting of a different kind.
A huge crowd watched the event including a squirrel that probably had the best view.
For all participants there were public showers for warm up featuring motivation songs as: "We're so cold, we're so numb, we are really really dumb!"
I guess they enjoyed it!