For the first time ever, the sport museum of Hofstade called for a dive in the middle of the winter. First it was planned in January but then it was freezing almost two weeks long and the lake was solidly frozen, one could walk over it except for a small area that the birds kept free. So the event was delate. To last Sunday, good for me! But it froze over again the two last nights, so they actually broke an area open for us. Since there were a 160 swimmers we had to take turns.
They had a special prize for the most exceptional dressed up swimmer, I got that prize. Today several newspapers mentioned me by name. It was a special moment to walk into the ice water. The chunk of ice that I stepped on felt even colder but because the air temp was about the same as the water it did not feel so cold.
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