Locals showed up bright and early.
On Monday morning, 105 people reaped the benefits of early rising and cold plunging when the Cold Nips Australian tour hit Esperance.
The Cold Nips community began with an idea from Perth locals Ryan and Jian to show people the value of starting the day with a social swim.
They said their five core beliefs of connection, nature, discomfort, meaning and joy facilitate their mission to “promote wellbeing, understanding and positive mental health among people, so that they may live a happier, healthier and fuller life”.
Ninety four days ago, the Cold Nips team set out to take their mission national with the beginning of the 100-day-100-dips Cold Nips Australian Tour to raise awareness and money for mental health.
Each day of the tour, the Cold Nips team has been met on the beach at 5.45am by locals looking to support their cause and start the day on the right foot.
The Twilight Beach Cold Nips dip, which was in collaboration with Esperance’s dip and sip community Sol Social, attracted a diverse crowd that mingled on the sand during icebreaker activities before charging together into the chilly ocean.
After Esperance, the Cold Nips team travelled up the coast for their daily dip, and will be finishing with their 100th dip at Scarborough Beach in Perth.
Cold Nips have set a goal to raise a total of $10,000 from each location they visit, and Esperance is currently in fifth place on the leaderboard, having raised more than $2500.
Donations can be made via the Cold Nips website.
