This photo of the original Polar Bear Club ran in The Press when five high school friends first created the Polar Bear Plunge on Nov. 21, 1978. From left: Brian Hunt, Rob Langstaff, Pat Mitchell (still of Coeur d'Alene), Bry Riba and the late Ken Kohli. The surviving members may participate in the 40th anniversary Plunge in 2019. The 2018 Plunge is at Sanders Beach at noon on New Year's Day. (Press file)
December 31, 2017
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Be bold, get cold
COEUR d’ALENE — "I kind of shake my head because it's a pretty stupid thing if you think about it," reads a quote in a front-page Press article from 1999.