A group of people braced against the wind on a sandy beach on the Homer spit, which juts out into the Kachemak Bay, on a June evening at high tide.
Kammi Matson, who founded the group, gathered everyone to psych themselves up for the cold. They held hands and joined in a primal yell on the shore. Then, still holding hands, they waded into the waves, which were 46 degrees.
Matson has been running the weekly event for about three years…