Freeze your butt off in Siberia - it's healthy!
Published: 13 January, 2008, 15:39
While most people do all they can to avoid the cold, members of a winter-swimming club in Siberia like nothing more than getting out in freezing temperatures. It's all part of an ancient tradition of winter-bathing in Russia.
In the city of Barnaul, more than a dozen people took to the streets in temperatures of -21C, to skate and play volleyball. Later they marched dressed only in bathing suits.
The event was designed to prove that braving sub-zero temperatures au naturel is not only possible, but beneficial to health.
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