About
The Cold Water Challenge/24 Hour Cold Water Challenge is a challenge where you jump into a lake of cold water and nominate someone else to do it.
Online History
Jumping into ice/cold water has been done several upon millions of times. It is usually done as a dare or a test of courage. Even if the challenge is very life threatening because of the water being dangerously cold. Which can cause death from hypothermia, shock, or drowning if the water’s too deep. Never the less the challenge has gone viral and more and more people are attempting the stunt despite the warnings. To make the challenge try to seem more positive, it is often used for charity making people who attempt it pay $10 and the people that don’t pay $100, so the stunt doesn’t seem so pointless. Despite their efforts the challenge still receives a bad name due to teenagers being injured, and even killed by the challenge. Making parents urge more caution on their kids that want to try the challenge.
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Reception
Being one of the next viral challenges. It unsurprisingly got mixed reactions from the challenge being one of the most dangerous.