The Polar Bear clubbers met last week and jumped through the ice on Boulder reservoir. but nobody did that trick!
But enough about 32 degrees! Here’s a member of the 300-degree club at the South Pole–outside and naked at
-103 F
michael
Except that the ice guy sauanaed himself before jumping under, he is my hero – getting trapped under the ice is one of my all time worst fears.
You calling him an ice hole, Jen?
Now, the guy standing outside at a minus 103…who knew that was possible? I don’t care how much you overheat yourself. If you grab him by the ankles and thwack him against that sign post, will he shatter into a zillion pieces? I guess if he did some opportunistic person would reassemble the parts to display at the Science Museum.
Here’s a fine photo taken during last year’s Boulder event.
rakkity
Every year a dozen or more guys at the South Pole station join the 300 degree club. They wait till it is below -100 outside and then get into the sauna, crank it up to +200, and when they can’t stand the heat anymore, they run outside with only boots on, and jog around the pole. Then they hang out long enough for a photo for posterity.
One of the fogie’s foursome (Le Feu) did it in ought ’77.
If you don’t believe all this, go search for the article in Time magazine.
And no one (yet) has lost any essential parts in this macho effort.
rakkity
A note to Jen: if you look at the movie carefully, it appears that the lake is only 2 or 3 feet deep where the guy swam, and he broke the ice with every swim stroke on the way out.
Jen
I had to skip to the end to see if he would make it before I could watch the whole thing. What an idiot. http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2000-01.html
rakkity
The Polar Bear clubbers met last week and jumped through the ice on Boulder reservoir. but nobody did that trick!
But enough about 32 degrees! Here’s a member of the 300-degree club at the South Pole–outside and naked at
-103 F
michael
Except that the ice guy sauanaed himself before jumping under, he is my hero – getting trapped under the ice is one of my all time worst fears.
You calling him an ice hole, Jen?
Now, the guy standing outside at a minus 103…who knew that was possible? I don’t care how much you overheat yourself. If you grab him by the ankles and thwack him against that sign post, will he shatter into a zillion pieces? I guess if he did some opportunistic person would reassemble the parts to display at the Science Museum.
Here’s a fine photo taken during last year’s Boulder event.
rakkity
Every year a dozen or more guys at the South Pole station join the 300 degree club. They wait till it is below -100 outside and then get into the sauna, crank it up to +200, and when they can’t stand the heat anymore, they run outside with only boots on, and jog around the pole. Then they hang out long enough for a photo for posterity.
One of the fogie’s foursome (Le Feu) did it in ought ’77.
If you don’t believe all this, go search for the article in Time magazine.
And no one (yet) has lost any essential parts in this macho effort.
rakkity
A note to Jen: if you look at the movie carefully, it appears that the lake is only 2 or 3 feet deep where the guy swam, and he broke the ice with every swim stroke on the way out.