Cold Water

Every so often, when I’m up in the mountains, I get this crazy idea in my head that it would be fun to go into freezing cold water (and I mean freezing).  Back in January of 2005, I was up in Yosemite with my wife and some photographer friends.  There was plenty of snow that particular month and we lucked into some beautiful wintery landscapes.  I decided to do a crazy self portrait where I got into the Merced river.  So after setting up the camera, I waded into the icy cold water and had my wife click the shutter a few times.  The picture below was the result.

Freezing my nuts off in the Merced River