A brave man or a stupid one.
When Queenstown doctor and MedRecruit managing director Sam Hazledine arrived in his souped-up Mitsubishi car, towing his jet-boat on a trailer, at the Sunshine Bay boat ramp on Wednesday, he thought the embarrassment would be over quickly.
He thought he would be able to do a dry start on his waterskis, shoot across to Cecil Peak and back to dry land to a waiting towel and a warm car.
He didn't count on the boat not starting.
The insane act was not out of choice, but born from a competition featured in the quarterly MedRecruit newsletter.
"Dare Dr Sam" invited other registered doctors to submit dares they would like to see Dr Hazledine complete.
The dares flooded in and were voted on by all the doctors registered with MedRecruit.
The winning dare was submitted by Dr Jonno Michael, working in Wellington.
Speaking to the Queenstown Times before his attempt at completing the dare - wearing his G-string bought over the Internet and a pair of cowboy boots - Dr Hazledine said he was "not overly happy about it now".
"It just puts everyone else out - they had to take a day out of the office.
"I'm not worried about the cold - I could do with it."
Shortly after, Dr Hazledine jumped into the jet-boat and attempted to fire it up.
It didn't work.
The Otago Daily Times car and its battery were called into action on the boat ramp, in an attempt was to jump-start the boat.
Despite half an hour of revving and various encouraging comments from Dr Hazledine, the boat failed to kick into life.
Ironically, when the boat was tested on Wednesday afternoon, on dry land, it started first time.
So yesterday, it was time for round two and at 9am Dr Hazledine, his wife, Claire, and two other "support crew" were back at Sunshine Bay, ready to complete the dare.
Mrs Hazledine said the temperature gauge showed just 5degC and a chilly breeze meant a choppy lake and less-than-ideal conditions.
"Despite everything, Sam made it safely across Lake Wakatipu to Cecil Peak, fulfilling Jonno's dare," she said.
"I suspect he might have been in the early stages of hypothermia, but he said he was fine.
"His pale blue body and intense teeth chattering didn't help in convincing me of this."
