Swimming in -36 degrees? No Thanks

Dec 17, 2010 2 comments

Members of a local winter swimmers' club went swimming in the ice-cold Yenisei River with the air temperature at about -36 degrees Celsius in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, in what appears to be an annual tradition of the club.

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  1. remi onlineDecember 17, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    as you can see fat people can stay in that water for a long time, although it's cold..

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  2. CucipataDecember 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    That is total craziness...

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