Taking the plunge

Mon., Jan. 4, 2016

Plungers run out of Lake Coeur d'Alene after a momentary dip in the lake Friday at the annual Polar Bear Plunge on Sanders Beach in Coeur d'Alene. Despite temperatures in the low 20s, several hundred braved the cold water in the annual New Years tradition. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

SR photog Jesse Tinsley provides 3 photos of the brave souls who jumped into Lake Coeur d’Alene for a momentary dip in the lake Friday at the annual Polar Bear Plunge on Sanders Beach in Coeur d’Alene. Despite temperatures in the low 20s, several hundred braved the cold water in the annual New Years tradition.

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