The Ice Man.
Wim Hof, aka ‘The Ice Man’, runs barefoot in the snow and is somehow able to survive and even thrive in temperatures that would put the average person into a hypothermic coma.
Scientists are mystified by this 48 year old Dutchman who seems to be immune to frostbite and hypothermia. So is the Dutchman. Unable to explain it, Wim Hof has instead decided to push the boundaries to see how far (into the cold) he can go. So far, he has run a half-marathon near the Arctic Circle in his bare feet, dove under the ice at the North Pole wearing only a swimsuit, and become a Guiness World Record holder for swimming 80 meters under the ice (the longest time yet). He then climbed Mt Everest in shorts. Still the cold didn’t touch him.
The scientists appear stumped. Given that Hof is in good physical health, the only answer seems to be that something in the wiring in the brain allows him to survive the extreme cold.
Meanwhile, Hof continues to break Guiness World Records – his latest being submerged up to his neck in a 5-foot tall plexiglass container filled with ice, wearing only a swimsuit, for an hour and 12 minutes.
One can only imagine what he’ll try next.
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Oh my goodness, I cannot imagine being resistant to cold. I become whiney the moment a snowflake falls in my front yard and remain that way until about Mid-May or so.
Mr. Hof, you can have the cold!!
I know what you mean – I hibernate the minute anyone even mentions that winter is coming!!!
In a society where most of us work all day and then veg out in front of the T.V.; what amazing is today was probably yesterdays means of survival. After all, don’t we watch “Survivor Man” in awe on the T.V.
Good point Jim.
We are all getting way too soft…
I get all numb just thinking about doing what this man did. And it’s not that I’m averse to cold, for I do swim in the Winter here in Seattle.