So on March 8th, our ward had a bowling party. It was a ton of fun and we had a pretty good turnout. I was bowling with some friends, Cherie, Ashton and Kij. It was proposed that if we all broke 100 we would "do something crazy" so I asked what the "crazy" thing was. Ashton said, "We are going to jump in the river!"
We all broke 100, and after a few more games of bowling, around 10 o'clock, we all left. We had talked to more people about going with us and we thought there would be a decent group going for the plunge. After we had all gotten into our swimming suits and then bundled up on top of that, we met up in the high school parking lot.
It was less than 30 degrees outside and there was a freezing rain coming down. There was a whopping 7 people there, only 4 of us were prepped to do this crazy act.
We ran to the river, just in our swimming suits with towels wrapped around our shoulders. We slid down the muddy bank, right down by the river and the non-jumpers held our warm clothing and towels.
It. Was. FREEZING.
Cherie, Kij, Ashton and I stood there, very hesitant to actually go through with it.
I made the first move and waded in very quickly, up to my waist, dipped down up to my chin and ran out. The rest of them made the plunge soon after I went but I didn't see them because I was focusing on the fact that I couldn't feel my body and I needed to focus on actually breathing again. I slipped and fell on the rocks attempting to get out, both kneecaps pretty bruised and scraped...I didn't feel it until later.
The four of us ran back to the car, I don't know how I was able to stay vertical considering I couldn't feel my legs at all. After the run back, we posed for a few pics and then realized we weren't that cold anymore.
It was an AWESOME experience, I am so glad I was brave enough to go through with it! So now when I'm old, I can say "Oh hey, remember that time we jumped in the river in freezing temperatures?" Yeah, it was amazing :)
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| Cherie, Ashton, Kij, and ME :) |
