Gene Cassidy, of Thetford, left, sings a Beatles song as he settles into an ice bath with support from Arjan van der Schoot, of South Woodstock, right, and Marion Griswold, of Greenfield, Mass., back left, and Maria Coffin, of Hamden, Conn., back right, look on in White River Junction, Vt., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Van der Schoot, owner of Muddy Gnomes Ice Bath Experience, set up with help from fellow ice bather Denise Bouchard outside Bouchard's Barbershop and charged $20 per bath with 50% of proceeds to be donated to the Upper Valley Haven. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Valley News — James M. Patterson