Wim Hof

Wim Hof ( born April 20, 1959 in Sittard, Limburg) is a Dutchman, who holds eighteen international records in enduring extreme cold, including the record for the longest ice bath.

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In 1999, he ran barefoot and only wearing cap and running shorts wearing a half marathon about 160 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle; Three years later, he emerged a range of 80 meters under Arctic ice. In Shorts dressed he tried to climb the Mount Everest, which he was not able. Court states that it can endure heat as well as cold. A study by the University of Minnesota have found no special physical disposition of the court. There are links to the meditation practice Tummo drawn.

Wim Hof is the brother of Rob Hof.