Braving the frigid waters to kick off Maryland Polar Bear Plunge

Jan 25, 2014

Braving the frigid waters to kick off Maryland Polar Bear Plunge

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Entertainment, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, Polar Bear plunge

The Super Plunge event Friday kicks off the Polar Bear Plunge weekend, and includes plunges for law enforcement and corporate participants, all of whom dash from the shore and into the water. Some entered and immediately retreated; others remained in for a somewhat extended dip. On Friday, 41 “Super Plungers” including Special Olympian Joe Wu, of Rockville, plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water every hour for 24 hours.

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: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday members of local law enforcement agencies go into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water at noon. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday members of local law enforcement agencies go into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water at noon. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday members of local law enforcement agencies go into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water at noon. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday “Super Plungers” including Mary Kokosko, center, of Annapolis, go into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” including Kristine Eckstein, of Perryville, plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday, 41 “Super Plungers” including Special Olympian Joe Wu, of Rockville, plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay water every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The 18th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit the Special Olympics Maryland. On Friday 41 “Super Plungers” plunge into the ice cold Cheaspeake Bay every hour for 24 hours. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

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