Very cold weather has arrived in Yakutia. Minus 48 degrees C is expected at night. But the cold snap doesn't scare the locals. On the contrary, the especially brave are opening the swimming season.
Natalia Solovyova will tell us more. The swimming season in Churapcha starts as soon as there's ice on the lake. The best time to swim is when it's -45 outside. The water feels like warm milk. The sight of this turns the blood cold. But the Yakut pensioners aren’t fazed. They have entrusted their health to the cold long ago.
Nikolay Dyachkovsky: "I feel great. I think swimming contributes to this".
Athanasius Dorofeyev is 87, and 40 of them he has been cold-training his body. He began to shower with ice water when he fell ill and had bad joint pain. The doctors couldn't help.
Afanasy Dorofeev: "I feel great. I think swimming contributes to this".
Today, the village has a whole club of ice swimmers. Here, it's explained how to properly temper oneself and dive into an ice hole. After all, the exercise is extreme and not for everyone.
Yegor Permyakov: "There's some kind of power in the water. It helps me and my health".
20 seconds will heal, 5 minutes will injure. Submerge quickly, then get warm. And after a swim, one must definitely exercise. Churapcha almost forgot what a cold is. Each winter there are more and more people wanting to temper their health. Afanasy Dorofeev even started writing a book about healing with cold. The pressrun will be small, just for the neighbors.
Natalia Salovyova. From Yakutia — Vesti
