Inside the Superhuman World of the Iceman

Authored by hukaloh.com and submitted by WeeShawl

Inside the Superhuman World of the Iceman by VICE 2 years ago views 2,983,202 32,915 Likes 497 Dislikes

Wim Hof first caught the attention of scientists when he proved he was able to use meditation to stay submerged in ice for 1 hour and 53 minutes without his core body temperature changing. Since then, he’s climbed Mount Everest in his shorts, resisted altitude sickness, completed a marathon in the Namib Desert with no water and proven under a laboratory setting that he’s able to influence his autonomic nervous system and immune system at will.

Almost everything Wim has done was previously thought to be impossible - but he’s not a freak of nature.

To demonstrate that any human can learn his methods, Wim offered to teach Matt Shea and Daisy-May Hudson to climb a freezing cold mountain in their shorts without getting cold. But when Matt and Daisy signed up for the training, they had no idea that the so-called Iceman was planning to lead them on a psychedelic journey across Europe that circled the chasm between science, spirituality and mystery.

Watch Next: The Giants of Iceland - http://bit.ly/1fJjOUL

Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE

Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos

Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com

More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos

spot_bills on January 13rd, 2018 at 05:42 UTC »

I once worked an 8-hr shift without drinking a cup of coffee

twenty7forty2 on January 13rd, 2018 at 05:15 UTC »

Hof claims that his Tibetan-based breathing method can help with or help alleviate symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, arthritis, diabetes, clinical depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, cancer, etc.

I bet mainstream medicine will never accept that breathing prevents death.

Wim Hof has been blamed by relatives of four men who separately drowned in 2015 and 2016 when practising his breathing exercise.

Oh fuck.

JaredSharps on January 13rd, 2018 at 05:01 UTC »

I don't even want to walk my trash to the can 25 feet from my house when it's 32 degrees outside.