Patty and I rode the 30 miles down to the Alyeska Ski resort the last Saturday we were in town.
There were some winter festival activities going on that weekend and we got to see figure skating and the "Polar Bear Plunge". The latter is when folks jump into a frozen pond through a hole that has been cut in the ice. The temps that day were right at zero and while we were waiting for the contestants the staff skimmed of the frozen surface ice. Within ten minutes the surface had a cover of ice that had reformed and had to be removed again before these folks took the plunge.
I have to say I have done some stupid things in my life but these folks top me by a mile.
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.jpg "Another view of Turnagain Arm at low tide.")
.jpg "Alyeska Ski Resort")
.jpg "We road up the tram to the top.")
.jpg "What can I say? Skiers.")
.jpg "The tram going down.")
.jpg "A good view of Turnagain arm.")
.jpg "More skiers with ski slopes visable behind the lift cars.")
.jpg "The hole in the pond with the two foot chunks of ice cut out of it stacked around it.")
.jpg "Patty")
.jpg "The resort.")
.jpg "A figure skater.")
.jpg "Skimming off the surface ice that has formed since the hole was cut.")
.jpg "Brave souls?")
.jpg "The rescue swimmer in a dry suit.")
.jpg "This guy does an illegal belly flop.")
.jpg "Another lets just say, intrepid soul.")
.jpg "Cannonball!")
.jpg "Even some older guys got into the act.")
.jpg "And some young ladies.")
.jpg "Not a place you would expect to see a bikini.")
.jpg "He's not smiling now but he is ok.")