{"id":427806,"date":"2026-01-21T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427806\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:29:07","slug":"kirk-michael-man-takes-on-icy-challenge-to-raise-awareness-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427806\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Michael man takes on icy challenge to raise awareness for mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Callister, from Kirk Michael<\/a>, is taking on a month-long cold water challenge this January to raise money and awareness for mental health<\/a> charities, including Isle Stand Up to Suicide.<\/p>\n

The challenge, known as a \u2018cold water exposure ladder,\u2019 sees Mr Callister spend increasing amounts of time in icy water each day. <\/p>\n

On New Year\u2019s Day he stayed in the water for one minute and plans to increase the duration by one minute each day, aiming to reach 31 minutes on January 31.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Manx Independent, Mr Callister said the idea came after seeing friends take on other endurance challenges for charity. <\/p>\n

\u2018So my mate, Albert Johnson, did a marathon every day for December. I know Shaun Kelly\u2019s been doing bits too. A lot of people are doing stuff for charity. <\/p>\n

\u2018And I was like: \u201cWhat can I do?\u201d And then January, we jumped in the sea on New Year\u2019s Day, and I thought, that\u2019s a cool one.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ll just do a minute extra each day, up to 31 minutes, and I\u2019ll do it for men\u2019s mental health and suicide awareness, just getting people trying to get people to talk about it and make them aware of what charities are out there to help people in that situation.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Juan<\/p>\n

Juan and his son Harvey off Peel Beach (-)<\/p>\n

He has been taking dips in rivers, cold tubs, and the sea, including a particularly rough stretch in the open water. <\/p>\n

\u2018Some bits are colder than others, some bits are really cold. Sometimes it\u2019s not too bad, but it\u2019s just getting harder to warm up afterwards. <\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019re freezing, shivering\u2026 saunas and hot tubs and baths help.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juan Callister, from Kirk Michael, is taking on a month-long cold water challenge this January to raise money…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-427806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}