Siberian winter bathing problem

The Siberian region has a particularly long and icy winter, and the locals have a unique way of taking a sauna. The sauna room there is mostly located next to the frozen river, the river was cut out of a big square hole, next to a fixed ladder. It was my first time to see this kind of hole and I didn't know what it was for. I was wondering, suddenly saw an incredible scene: a few Russians from the extremely high temperature of the steam room rushed out, the body is still hot, jumped straight down from the hole, head first into the bone-chilling river water, and then there are two young people from the sauna house ran out, on the ground in the snow rolled up.

I looked dumbfounded, asked a local friend to know, the original is a traditional Siberian custom. The locals believe that this practice of dramatic changes in body temperature has a health function. So, it is common to see fathers put their sons into the ice water with their own hands, and mothers push their daughters down on the snow. Snow-capped, glacier beautiful, one by the sauna steamed red body jumped into the bone-chilling ice water "bath", until the freezing straight shivering before returning to the sauna room. After a while and rushed out, back and forth several times to be considered a success. Then stand under the faucet to wash the dirt, put on a special bathrobe to walk to the lounge, while relaxing while enjoying a beer and drinks, delicious food.