Name: Polar Bear Plunge on New Years Day! Mon Wharf!
Start: 2025-01-01T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-01T10:00:00-05:00

Polar Bear Plunge at Mon Wharf!
New Years Day 100+ Year Tradition!
go 8:30 am or before to get parking!
Pittsburgh Tradition for over 80+ years!
When: Sunday, January 1st NEW YEARS DAY!
Time: 8:59am Get ready!
9am Jump IN!
9:01 Crawl Out of the MON RIVER!
START THE NEW YEAR CLEANSING YOUR SINS OFF IN THE COLD WATERS OF THE MONONGAHELA RIVER!
Where: Mon Wharf Parking Lot
Cost: FREE or $20 getting a Polar Bear Club T-shirt
(this is how they raise thousands for Project Bundle Up Charity and it gives you BRAGGING RIGHTS)!
FYI THIS IS A CROSS-POSTED EVENT and event is run by a Non-profit Project Bundle Up and Channel 4 NEWS... HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS will be here depending on weather.
Meet: On the LEFT hand side of Boat Ramp where they are Jumping in.
LOOK FOR THE FLORESCENT ORANGE BIKE FLAG!!! at 9AM!
Frank (aka BIG KAHUNA) will beholding a neon orange bike flag and a santa hat!
River plunge takes place at 9:30 AM on New Year's Day - January 1st
(get there earlier at 8:30am to find a parking spot and get ready to jump)!
Directions to Mon Wharf: Directions to Mon Wharf: Go to Wood Street and turn towards the river at Fort Pitt Blvd and Wood Street you will see entrance to MON WHARF parking area. Take the ramp and park at any available spot.
ADVICE:
1\. GET THERE BEFORE 9AM it gets crowded fast\!\!\!
2\. Have Blankets and a change of shorts\, t shirts and socks
3\. There are safety personnel there\.
4\. You'll have to set your stuff down leave valuables in your car\.
5\. Drag someone else down there even if they aren't jumping then they can be towel/blanket camera holders and someone needs to laugh at us\.
6\. Channel 4 news is a sponsor of this so you have a chance of being on the news\.
There's typically a rope and volunteers on the rivers edge to help folks in and out of the water and crazy as this sounds, it's all done with some safety in mind. Plus Emergency Rescue and River Rescue plus Coast Guard is there!

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