DIP IN TRONDHEIM FJORD-PART 2

Last Sunday I overheard a conversation between Harald Myhren and Terje Dorr, in which Terje said something about having taken an "ice bath" in the fjord. I asked about it and he said he goes to a place called "Sjøbadet" where one can get into the fjord. I told him to call me next time he was going and by the end of the conversation, we had agreed to meet at the church at 2 p.m. the next Saturday. At the appointed hour, we met and I changed into my swim suit, sweat pants and a sweat shirt and the three of us (Terje, Nancy and I) drove to the closest place we could park. He said one used to be able to park right next to the dressing rooms, but they are now building a new road between the fjord and the train station and it is necessary to walk about 300 meters to get to the bathing area. The walk was on a narrow path between the construction and the train tracks, up a ladder to cross the road construction, down a ladder on the other side, then along another narrow walkway between the road and some buildings, around the side of the bathhouse to the swimming area. There are change rooms, a large deck area with a diving board (about 10' above the water) and 2 diving platforms about 15 and 25 feet above the water--we did not use either of these. There was also a set of stairs going down to the water--we used these. The bottom stairs were in the water about waist deep. When we got to that point, we stepped off, getting our whole body under the water, then came back up the stairs to make the journey back out. It was fun, but not as fun as diving off the dock into the Columbia. Terje said the sea is still about zero degrees Celcius, so it was cold and I was glad we did not dive off.