“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” Kalya Klemme giggles to her older brother Jason as they get into their costumes for the Polar Bear Plunge. Kayla plays on several different teams in the Special Olympics organization and her brother is a coach too. For the past three years, Kayla has watched her older brother participate in the plunge.
Now, as the beautiful swan with her ugly ducklings, Kayla attempts the polar plunge.
Kayla Klemme adjusts her swan hat before the
Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge on Feb. 19, 2011.
Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge on Feb. 19, 2011.
Kayla is a Special Olympics athletic participant and this was her first Polar Bear Plunge.
Kayla stands among her plunge team as they wait team members to register.
Kayla’s costume was a part of her teams theme of
the “Beautiful Swan and the Ugly Ducklings”
the “Beautiful Swan and the Ugly Ducklings”
The team ended up raising the most money for the event.
Kayla embraces her older brother Jason Klemme
while the team waits for the costume parade.
while the team waits for the costume parade.
Much of the team was made up of Jason’s friends who had participated before.
Jason assists Kayla in the water in Stephens Lake during the Polar Bear Plunge.
During the event teams quickly ran in and out of the cold water in costumes.
Kayla wraps her arm around herself to keep warm after her team’s turn at the plunge.
Kayla quickly made her way to the bathroom with her mom
to change out of her wet costume.
to change out of her wet costume.
1 comment:
Glad you got a story out of this. It seems like visually it was more challenging than you expected. But, it was just one assignment and one day. I like the last image in this one the best I think.
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