Lake St. Clair Residents Start New Year Half Naked in Frigid Waters

One of the participants described it as "refreshing."

Some readers might use the word "insane."

Whatever, 16 residents of a St. Clair Shores neighborhood, ranging in age from 11 to 69, started out the New Year by jumping into the frigid waters of Lake St. Clair in bathing suits. Brrrrrr.

Mitch Hotts of the Macomb Daily reports:

Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, about 100 people from Eagle Pointe subdivision near 10 Mile Road and Jefferson Avenue gathered at a community-shared plot of shoreline to watch the 7th annual Polar Plunge.

“Refreshing,” said Tony Brandelik, a facilities manager for Altair Engineering, as he emerged from the 30-degree water. “A little cold but very refreshing.”