2005 Karim Diab Cold Water Immersion
Posted on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Recently some old photos of Karim Diab (described, perhaps inaccurately as a Russian David Blaine, in part due to doing a 48-day fast in a sealed chamber) were posted to EnglishRussia, showing him doing a one-hour immersion in the cold water of a hole in the ice of the Moscow River, while being monitored by scientists to examine the effects of the immersion. Apparently afterwards he was pretty out of it and unable to talk, although he did beat the world record. The “MNP” written on his forehead means “Peace”.
A Hole In The Ice Of The Lake
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment
I can’t imagine anyone is a “regular reader” of this site, but speaking to the imaginary, if you are, you’ll notice that the site’s been completely redesigned and moved into a proper CMS. After a morning of CSS tweaking it feels ready to start posting to. You may notice the new ice swimming picture in the header — that’s courtesy of Mike Burden who would go swimming with his dad through a hole cut in the lake (the big spool is to keep snowmobiles from hitting the hole).
I don’t think it’s really cheating, but he admits that they cheated — they’d sit in the sauna for a while, and then jump into the lake for a minute or two, and then dash back into the sauna.
Returning Soon
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 3 Comments
I’m working on bringing this site back to life, both as a homepage for the Toronto Winter Swim Club, and as a blog about winter swimming and related activities in general. When you see posts above this one, you’ll know that we’re alive again!
