Jumping into 2022
Carl Brenner, assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 111, does a cannonball into Lake Pend Oreille as he takes part in the troop's seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1, 2022.
(Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
Kai Prather holds his nose and he takes part in the 2022 Polar Bear Plunge, an annual event held by Boy Scout Troop 111.
Neal Causey, a member of Boy Scout Troop 111, takes part in the troop's annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday. Several dozen scouts and family members took part in the event.
Jeremiah Voelz, home from the U.S. Navy on Christmas leave, jumps into the frigid waters of Lake Pend Oreille on Saturday. Voelz, the son of Boy Scout Troop 111 Scoutmaster Phil Voelz, was one of several dozen taking part in the event.
Tod Prather, the father of Boy Scout Kai Prather, a member of Troop 111, jumps into Lake Pend Oreille during Saturday's Polar Bear Plunge.
Jacob Slocome, home of Christmas leave from the U.S. Navy, jumps into Lake Pend Oreille during Boy Scout Troop 111's annual Polar Bear Plunge. Slocome was a member of the troop before entering the Navy.
Boy Scout Troop 111 Scoutmaster Phil Voelz jumps into the freezing waters of Lake Pend Oreille during the troop's annual Polar Bear Plunge.
Dozen of Boy Scout Troop 111 scouts and family members welcomed 2022 by jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Pend Oreille. Sandpoint’s oldest Boy Scout troop, Troop 111 has been holding the plunge since 2015.
