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| Nikolai Bocharov, 77, an amateur hunter and a member of the Cryophile winter swimmers club, walks with his dog Laika and a gun in the Taiga district outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, December 1, 2015. Bocharov started winter swimming while doing military service in Germany. "When I came home from the army, I made an ice hole in the Yenisei and bathed there," he says. "My wife doesn't understand me and doesn't share this hobby of mine. My friends sneer at me and wait for me to grow wiser." "I never feel any cold or discomfort and I can stay in cold water for a long time," he says. "When I leave the water I feel a prickling sensation all over my body, it feels like I am ready to fly." [Photo/Agencies] |
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