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A club of swimmers in Siberia are addicted to plunging their bodies into freezing cold water

Sarah JacobsJan 10, 2016, 23:45 IST

Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

"The moment of immersion is a sensation of delight. Afterwards there's a rush of energy and my entire body feels relaxed," Mikhail Sashko said to Reuters, describing what it's like to plunge into freezing-cold waters.

Sashko is the chairman of the Cryophile club, a cold-water swimming club located in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. There, the air can easily be negative 22 degrees Fahrenheit, and for these fanatics, that's just the right temperature for swimming.

Though it may seem crazy, there are more than 300 Cryophile club members who routinely indulge in their addiction to the feeling of swimming in cold water.

See how much they enjoy their favorite pastime below.