Polar Bear Big Freeze Swim

When

16/07/2016    
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Where

Small Bay
Small Bay, Cape Town

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The Big Freeze Polar Bear Swim

Big Freeze Mandela Day Polar Bear takes place on the 16th of July 2016.

Come and join in at our Mandela Day Big Freeze Dip event on the 16th of July…officially the craziest/coolest/funnest/stupidest/most Vaalie/amazingly fun/maddest (like very mad) thing you’ve ever done this Winter.

Bring with anything that floats – like a good old fashioned tractor tube or “Li-Lo”

Details:

  • 2:30pm meet up at Small Bay in front of Onse Huisie
  • Register and get ready.
  • At 3pm…head into Small Bay nice n ice cold sea
  • Swim/bob/tread water/stand(shoulders submerged) in Small Bay for (at least) 5 Cape Town minutes…so anything between 5 and 15 minutes
  • Head must dip under water to qualify for the #bigbrainfreeze
  • No wetsuit allowed…(read last sentence on this page)
  • Emphasis is on fun and its not an Ironman Swim!
  • Kiddy friendly
  • Everyone in a group nice and social, nice and slow! Less rushing, more enjoyment!
  • So its not a distance swim – just paddle n park
  • Hot chocolate at Onse Huisie afterwards

So again:

2:30pm meetup at Small Bay on the beach in front of Onse Huisie, warm up and head into the water at 3pm for about a 5 approximately about min of meer minute chill. It’s a fun event – so if you want to dash in and dash out – that’s coolest (no pun intended)

A little bit of common sense to prevail – obviously if you getting too cold – you get out. No medals for acts of bravery/stupidity. Done 100% at owners own risk.

No “distance swimming”

That’s it – plain and simple…

Participants are also encouraged to bring something along that floats.

Or come and watch, take photos, support, have a laugh and hot chocolate afterwards.

Voluntary donation towards the DOT Box Project…if you want – bring along a bar of soap, facecloth, toothpaste, toothbrush, box of crayons, colouring in book or make a cash donation…up to you

How to enter:

  • Just rock up (easy peasy lemon squeezy)
  • Please mail gr**@cl****.za for more information.

Event will not be cancelled or moved/postponed unless there is lightning physically hitting the ocean or the water is above 27 Degrees.

Brrr

PS – if you really want to take part and wear a wetsuit its a R100 entry fee