Ice-Swimming again!

After almost two months break we today did go for sauna and Ice-Swimming. Again at "the Common people's bath" Rauhaniemi.

Sauna +90c, Water +1c, Air -1c with strong western wind. 
Can you see the thick ice raft near the stairs? 

You really had to meditate yourself to walk down the stairs into to icy water...

...Afterall I had no problem to walk after hot sauna to the lake, even no problem to dive and dip into the water, but I must admit that as I got up from the water the strong wind after the cold water did really feel interesting today. It felt like all your muscles would have shivered, felt like loosen...

Heavenly relaxed feeling after all this bathing. Lovely. 

So growded place the sauna was today. People standing in hot sauna, waiting for place to sit down. I have never seen anything like this. And all the people were in good mood... ;) The blip is after the closing time as almost all of swimmers had already left.

Thanks for meeting me today in this cold shore.. ;)

Susanna :)