Nothing but shorts and ice: The cold endurance World Record competition

By Elena Grothe

According to Reuters: Chen Kecai and Jin Songhao competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported. 

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Medical personnel check the physical conditions of Chen Kecai during a cold endurance competition against Jin Songhao, right, on the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province, Jan. 3. Chen and Jin competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported.

Reuters

Event personnel assistants help Chen Kecai get out of the glass container during a cold endurance competition against Jin Songhao on the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province, Jan. 3. Chen and Jin competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported.

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Comment author avatarSBPhrog

Shiver me timbers, those mikes will pick up lots of teeth chatter.

    Reply#1 - Mon Jan 3, 2011 6:46 PM EST
    Comment author avatarIL Boy

    I think if I were in that contest I would rather face the opposite way to focus on the beautiful snow covered hillside.

      Reply#2 - Mon Jan 3, 2011 7:25 PM EST
      Comment author avatarR.Weiser47

      i bet there's some shrinkage going on there!!

        Reply#3 - Tue Jan 4, 2011 9:00 AM EST
        Comment author avatarDan Lumberjock

        My first thoughts is drink allot of water and urinate, but then it might make it even colder.

         

        Amazing people, all over the planet

          Reply#4 - Tue Jan 4, 2011 5:34 PM EST
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