Chicago man jumps into Lake Michigan 365 days in a row to relieve stress

Originally published at: Chicago man jumps into Lake Michigan 365 days in a row to relieve stress | Boing Boing

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Jumping into a cold lake every day doesn’t make my top 100 list of stress relieving activities.

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There’s a Russian guy who swims like this at Montrose harbor in all kinds of weather. He’s been doing it for years. I usually run into him in the spring.

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The dedication it takes to continue doing this when you even need to hack a hole in the ice is mind-numbing.

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This really put a little ray of sunshine in my heart.

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Meanwhile there are some smelt that have had to start therapy.

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If you have to do it every day to relieve your stress evidently it doesn’t work.

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Probably numbs a couple other parts as well.

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This could so easily be a Jay and Silent Bob bit. Props to the committed bather, and to his wonderful musical accompaniment.

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