Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Wis. Polar Bear Club head makes 60th icy plunge

In a Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 photo, Garth Gaskey, of Brookfield, emerges after taking a cold swim in Lake Michigan during the annual New Year's Day Polar Dip at Bradford Beach. At 82, Gaskey plunged into the lake for his 60th and, he said, last time on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/The Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)

In a Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 photo, Garth Gaskey, of Brookfield, emerges after taking a cold swim in Lake Michigan during the annual New Year's Day Polar Dip at Bradford Beach. At 82, Gaskey plunged into the lake for his 60th and, he said, last time on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/The Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)

(AP) ? The Milwaukee Polar Bear Club president who made his 60th annual New Year's Day plunge into Lake Michigan says it may not have been his last.

Eighty-two-year-old Garth Gaskey previously said he was quitting because of his age, the four stents in his heart and his daughter was unhappy about it.

But on Sunday the retired Brookfield maintenance man told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/tf16sQ ) that he wasn't sure about next year. He jumped in with his granddaughter and great-granddaughter at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee.

His daughter, Cathy Mayer, was at the event, too, and had a different story. She says they are taking him to Arizona next year.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/aa9398e6757a46fa93ed5dea7bd3729e/Article_2012-01-02-Polar%20Bear%20Plunger-Wisconsin/id-3519bec7715c4a69854abb6f6ae2d57c

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