Scouts jump into 2021 with Polar Bear Plunge
A participant in the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge leaps into a hole cut into a frozen Mirror Lake at Camp Stidwell.
(Photo courtesy DICK VAIL)
Boy Scout Troop 111 Scoutmaster Phil Voelz holds his nose and he jumps into Mirror Lake at Camp Stidwell as part of the troop's annual Polar Bear Plunge.
A participant in the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge jumps into Mirror Lake.
Boy Scout Troop 111 members cut a hole in the ice on Friday morning in preparation for the troop's annual Polar Bear Plunge.
A participant reacts to the cold of Camp Stidwell's Mirror Lake during the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge.
SAGLE — “Aaaah hooo hooo!”
As the exclamation echoed in the cold winter air, a splash quickly followed as, one by one, members of Boy Scout Troop 111 jumped into a hole cut into a frozen Mirror Lake at Camp Stidwell.
While the annual Polar Bear Plunge was limited to the troop and a few members, and held at Camp Stidwell instead of its normal location of Sandpoint City Beach, the New Year's Day tradition featured the same screams, splashes and quick dashes for warmth as past events...
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