Where: Walden Pond
Time: 2:00 PM
When: December 6th
With temperatures dipping toward freezing early today -- and feeling 10 degrees colder than that with the chilly winds -- is this a perfect time to unpack that Speedo and think about a lap in Henry David Thoreau's favorite pond?
If so, an environmental group wants you!
Swimmers will line up at 2 p.m. on December 6 for the Polar Bear Plunge into Walden Pond, the Global Warming Education Network said at a conference at MIT yesterday.
Last year, a similar frosty dip at Thoreau's historic spot in Concord (see Gatehouse Media video above) produced worldwide coverage in the fight against global warming, said Roger Shamel, the Lexington-based group's president.
Each swimmer is asked to bring two friends for a support team. And a swimsuit, of course (organizers are not taking Thoreau's "simplify, simplify'' theme to its bare extreme).
After the plunge, the shivering splashers will share a celebratory cup of hot chocolate, said Shamel. The event is part of the National Polar Bear Plunge, timed to coincide with the United Nations Climate Talks taking place Dec. 1-12 in Poland.
For more information, go to www.gwenet.org or www.keepwintercold.org
