A member of the "Optimalist" heath club hacks a hole into the ice covering a canal near the village of Viazynka, Belarus on December 28, 2008. The club promotes a healthy way of living, encouraging its members to spend most of their free time in the countryside. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Sometimes it's for religious ceremonies, other times it's for being part of an healthy club. Sometimes it's to celebrate Christmas and other times for the New Year's Day. Sometimes they're just too drunk and sometimes it's just because it's getting more and more trendy.
Whatever would be the reason people are getting crazy with having freezing baths.
I feel cold just watching these photos. Enjoy this teeth-chattering gallery :
A winter swimmer jumps into icy water during early morning at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 6, 2008. REUTERS/Sheng Li
Aaron Sadler wears a large balloon on his head as he prepares to take part in the 89th annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark
Part of 2,700 swimmers take part in the New Year's Day Winter Swimming Gala to celebrate the coming of 2009 at a beach in Hong Kong January 1, 2009.REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Members of a local ice swimmers club roll around in snow after taking a dive in the Yenisei river in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
A participant in the 71st "Coupe de Noel" Christmas swimming is pictured getting out of Lake Geneva December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
A member of Berlin's ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) takes a dip in Orankesee lake in Berlin December 25, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
A winter swimmer jumps into icy water during early morning at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 13, 2008. REUTERS/Sheng Li
A winter swimmer jumps into the icy water of Songgua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province December 24, 2008. REUTERS/Sheng Li
Traditional Dive in the Tiber river, Rome, on New Year's Day
Nam Nguyen climbs an ice-encrusted ladder out of Lake Minnetonka during the 19th annual On it and In It Lake Minnetonka Ice Dive in Excelsior, Minnesota, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. With morning temperatures in the teens, event organizers said more than 900 people plunged into the 31-degree waters to greet the new year. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Richard Marshall)
Having a bath in an icy lake in Berlin on New Year's Day (AP)
A man swims in a frozen swimming pool in Changzhi, Shanxi province, China on January 3, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)
A winter swimmer jumps into icy water amid snowfall at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 27, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
A member of Berlin's ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) takes a dip in Orankesee lake in Berlin December 25, 2008. Several members of the swimming club met for their traditional Christmas ice swimming session. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
A swimmer dressed as batman runs out of water during the 89th annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark
A winter swimmer swims in icy water during early morning at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, December 13, 2008. REUTERS/Sheng Li
Gerhard Pyper and his new bride Jan in the waters of English Bay after taking part in the 89th annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2009. The couple celebrated their wedding the night before with a cold swim in the bay. REUTERS/Andy Clark
New Year's Day at Carcavelos beach, Lisbon (Epa)
New Year's Day in the Lake Geneva, Switzerland (EPA)
