![]() ![]() So why do it then? Why subject myself to this level of discomfort? Do I have something to prove? Nope. So yeah… it’s VERY out of character for me to be doing something like this. When the weather drops into the 50’s I’m typically wearing full winter gear. I’m a summer beach kind of guy… I’ve always avoided the cold. This already sucks and I’m not even in the water yet. ![]() The instant my shirt came off I was hit by the shock of the freezing rain and wind chill. “Ok, lets take off our clothes” said Matt, our instructor. But today there was nothing out there but a few ducks (and even they looked miserable). In the summer you’d normally see a ton of activity – kids swimming, life guards, paddle boats, etc. We arrive at the lake’s public beach area and look anxiously at what we were about to enter. The sheet of ice covering the lake had recently thawed, leaving the water a bone-chilling 42 degrees. In a few minutes we would be stripping down to nothing but our swim suits and entering the frigid waters of Seattle’s Green Lake. A small group of us just finished the classroom phase of a Wim Hof Method workshop and now it was time for the grand finale. Even though I was bundled in a down jacket, hat and gloves I was still shivering. “Oh boy… what am getting myself into?” Those were my thoughts as I’m walking in the freezing cold rain in the middle of winter, the wind pelting me in the face. ![]()
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