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More than 50 take the Polar Bear Plunge

A balmy 40-degree water temp for New Year’s Day
Hannah Pepper, left, Ali Coning and Rebecca Pepper lead the charge into the 40-degree Atlantic Ocean during the annual New Year’s Day Plunge at Cape Henlopen State Park. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
January 7, 2017
More than 50 New Year’s Day plungers welcomed in 2017 with a dip into the Atlantic at Cape Henlopen State Park. DAN COOK PHOTO
Shady the yellow lab looks as if to say, “My owner, Joey Cahill, is one of those a crazy plungers.” DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran plunger Karen Carlson of Centerville, Md. bounces in the surf during the annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge at Cape Henlopen State Park. DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran plunger Tom Gusman of Arlington, Va., shows the exhilaration he gets from the plunge. DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran plunger Chip Davis exits the chilly Atlantic after taking the plunge. He enjoyed it so much that he went in for a second plunge. DAN COOK PHOTO
Suzannah Frederick exits the chilly ocean. DAN COOK PHOTO
Longtime plungers (l-r) Greg Mack, Connie Miller and Bruce Egolf enjoy frolicking in the chilly Atlantic. DAN COOK PHOTO
Lindsay D’Ambrogi, 11, of Lewes rushes from the chilly surf. DAN COOK PHOTO
Veteran plunger Karen Carlson, left, brought her daughter Jacqueline along for the plunge. DAN COOK PHOTO

A relatively calm and chilly Atlantic Ocean welcomed over 50 participants as they took the annual New Year’s Day plunge at Cape Henlopen State Park to celebrate the coming of 2017. Taking the plunge were Harriett Taylor, Karen and Jacqueline Carlson, Tom, Wendy, Karen and James Gusman, Ton Gatch, Dale Johnson, Ed Osienski, Chip Davis, Hannah and Rebecca Pepper, Ali and Karen Coning, Jack Lingo, Danny MacElrevey, Connie Miller, Bruce Egolf, Mike Ocksbig, Bill Brooks, Michael and Caitlyn O’Donnell, Kevin Rough, Bob Hughes, Ed Tessein, Jack, Will, Lira, Meredith, James and Suzannah Frederick, Burli Hopkins, Rowan and Aidan Gatch, Gina and Keith Ricker, Shannon Alexander, Charlie and Carter Wooters, Daniel and Darcy Phillips, Jimmy Pryor, Greg and Bryan Mack, Don Stein, Jeff Buttilo, Joe Cahill, Pat Backus, Lindsay Dannon, Richard, Amanda and Gus Lantz, John and Daphne Jones, and Lindsay D’Ambrogi.

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