• Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Kathy Bauer, who coaches Philomath’s Unified basketball team, has participated in Polar Plunge multiple times. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath High’s team takes the plunge on Saturday morning to raise money for Special Olympics. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Peter Hoegg, 82, is assisted during his Polar Plunge appearance on Saturday. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Polar Plunge team gets ready for their turn to go down the ramp and into the water. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • A Polar Plunge team wears T-shirts in memory of Jim Dort, a longtime coach to many Special Olympics athletes through the years, popular Corvallis High teacher and Philomath resident, who died last year. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2026 at Willamette Boat Landing in Corvallis. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)

Andy Cripe is a longtime professional news and sports photographer who worked several years in this region for the Corvallis Gazette-Times and Albany Democrat-Herald.

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