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                 Apparently, the heat doesn't bother him either
                                        
> Hof began a lifelong quest to see just how far his abilities would take
> him. In January of 1999 he traveled 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle to
> run a half-marathon in his bare feet. Three years later, dressed only in a
> swimsuit, he dove under the ice at the North Pole and earned a Guinness
> World Record for the longest amount of time swimming under the ice: 80
> meters, almost twice the length of an Olympic-sized pool.
> 
> When he didn't experience frostbite or hypothermia, the body's usual
> reactions to extreme cold, his extraordinary ability started to get the
> attention of doctors who specialize in extreme medicine.
> 
> Dr. Ken Kamler, author of “Surviving the Extremes,” has treated dozens of
> people who tried to climb Mount Everest, and instead nearly died from the
> frigid temperatures. He couldn't believe it when he got word of a Dutchman
> making the ascent with no protection other than a pair of shorts.
> 

Via Flares into Darkness [1], “Iceman on Everest: ‘It Was Easy’ [2]”

This is for Wlofie [3], who's had to endure the asphalt- melting weather here
in Lower Sheol.

[1] http://yargb.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-links_09.html
[2] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4393377&page=1
[3] http://wlofie.dyndns.org/

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