![]() ![]() Now doctors have put the Iceman’s brain-and body- on ice in an effort to better understand the mental and physical mechanisms that allow Hof to seemingly defy the laws of nature. He holds the Guinness World Record for longest swim under ice, and has also endured the extremes of dry heat, running a half marathon through the Namib Desert without drinking any water.Īthletes aren’t the only ones interested in these feats. “I’ve done about anything I can fantasize about in the cold,” Hof said in an interview. The 59-old Dutchman has climbed Mount Everest in Nepal and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania-Africa’s tallest peak-wearing shorts. But from the moment his bare toes hit the snow, he began to feel “surprisingly good.” “What did I get myself into?” he recalls thinking. Yet even he was understandably nervous the night before his 26-mile jaunt at -4 degrees Fahrenheit. Hof, better known as "The Iceman," has attained roughly two dozen world records by completing marvellous feats of physical endurance in conditions that would kill others. Note: Wim Hof not pictured.įinland’s Arctic circle might not seem like a great place to run a marathon barefoot and in shorts-unless you’re Wim Hof. For most humans, meditating in the snow would be highly uncomfortable. ![]()
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