Josef Koeberl managed to stay 2 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds inside a custom-made glass box filled up to his shoulders with ice cubes. More than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of ice cubes were needed to fill up the box, after Koeberl stepped inside wearing nothing but swim trunks.
In order to fight the “wave of pain” caused by the freezing temperatures, Koeberl says he was trying to focus on positive emotions.
“I’m fighting the pain by visualizing and drawing on positive emotions so I can dampen this wave of pain,” Koeberl told reporters. “That way I can endure.”
A small crowd of people watched on as Koeberl beat his own record from 2019 by 30 minutes on the town square of Melk in Lower Austria.
After being taken out of the ice box by helpers he said that the sun felt “really great” on his back.
Koeberl is planning to beat his own record one more time — next year in Los Angeles. His team said that Koeberl’s personal record is also the current world record when it comes to exposing the body to ice for as long as possible.
Nuts! What’s the point of subjecting the body to freezing? Was he looking for cardiac arrest?hypothermia? The Nazis yimach shemam tortured ppl in a similar manner.
PaulinSaudi
3 years ago
#1888109
Some people have odd hobbies.
Yitzchock Yehoshua
3 years ago
#1888138
A real meshugina.
HM
3 years ago
#1888160
And this is reported on this Jewish news site because…
ANON21
3 years ago
#1888271
Just a crazy guy that’s all
Kibachabatachnu
3 years ago
#1888371
We do the same thing when we get involved with narishkeit instead of basking in the warmth of torah
RealSatmar
3 years ago
#1888544
Many early pious Jews would perform a ritual called gilgul hasheleg, where they would roll in the snow unclothed.
Nuts! What’s the point of subjecting the body to freezing? Was he looking for cardiac arrest?hypothermia? The Nazis yimach shemam tortured ppl in a similar manner.
Some people have odd hobbies.
A real meshugina.
And this is reported on this Jewish news site because…
Just a crazy guy that’s all
We do the same thing when we get involved with narishkeit instead of basking in the warmth of torah
Many early pious Jews would perform a ritual called gilgul hasheleg, where they would roll in the snow unclothed.