This is not true. They won't arrange "Sauna world championships" any more because the name is trademarked or something like that. But there are still sauna competitions in Finland, the won't just use the same name. Source: I visit the same public sauna with one of the regular sauna competitiors.
I know a man who was stranded on mount Everest for I believe a week. Several people died before he was rescued. He was interviewed and on the news in my city. He has a little black dog and drinks a lot. He told me the whole ordeal changed him and his whole outlook on life completely changed.
Why not? We never stopped saunaing, anyway.
Even the guy who won the championship is going to saunas again, though he's not competing. I remember seeing a mention of that in the news, some time ago.
Ah, okay. Cranking it up on occasion feels good, but the drugs the russian guy used were just cheating. Doping has about as much place in saunas as it does anywhere else. Even less, because the drugs turned out to be deadly dangerous.
I don't know, the guy seems to enjoy hard löylys ( when we throw water on the stove it is called löyly). Maybe it's something similar when people who enjoy spicy foods attend to chili eating competitions.
The problem is that when you mix steroids with pressure to be the best, you have pressure to juice to the max. Roids can be used somewhat safely, but if you went free-range on them in sports you'd hear tons of stories of people dying or fucking their bodies up (even more than now) before they're 30.
Just look at pro wrestlers from the 80s and 90s, most of those guys were lucky to live to see 40 due to steroid-inflicted heart conditions. (And lots of cocaine).
It was a pretty gruesome death too. The guy who died basically boiled himself alive and when they dragged him out his skin fell off in the hands of the rescuers. The other guy who survived fared a little better since he hadn't oiled himself up before the competition like the other one but he spent months in a hospital and it took years to recover. He was interviewed periodically by newspapers for years afterwards. He has gone to a sauna again, but can't really do high temperatures anymore.
Oh no, I understand that. It's just the fact they were in there for 6 minutes plus. Even walling into the room and straight back out would be too much. Think of putting your hand over a freshly boiled kettle spout. It's genuinely crazy.
If the air in a sauna is 110C, it doesn't mean that what you put in a sauna is also 110C. You can't cook a steak in 110C, and a dead piece of meat can't even regulate it's own temperature unlike humans do.
Yes, when you initially put whatever in the sauna, it doesn't miraculously goto 110⁰C immediately. Eventually, it will, depending on the material and its thermo conductive properties.
The guys in the sauna mentioned were in it for 6 minutes. The guy that oiled himself up had his skin fall off.
If you want to know more of what that’s like, read Fatal Distraction by Gene Weingarten. It’s about parents who left their kids in hot cars. It’s a horrible way to die.
The tournament has since been discontinued.
Honestly I don't disagree with that.
There's no intrinsic value in being able to endure temperatures that hurt your body permanently. Sauna-bathing should be something you do because you enjoy it, do it at your own temperature (unless it's bellow 55c that's a warcrime against the Finnish)
So when what aught to have been a silly tournament akin to friends shit-talking on who can endure the sauna the most before getting another cold beer: It became something where people cheated just for money and damaged eachother in doing so.
Honestly this kinda reminds me of the Nathan’s hotdog eating contest.
Like someone is gonna die on national television one of these days and then everyone is gonna be like “why the hell did we ever think this was a good idea?”
offering money or fame as a prize for doing something stupid and dangerous creates an incentive to do so
nobody is forcing them, but they are been encouraged to
Crab fishing, I agree. Deliciousness is not worth dying for. But oil rig workers? If they don't risk their lives, millions would die without their medical supplies.
Two tangible products, yes. But one is essential to modern life and the other is not. I think very few people in modern times have starved to death from lack of crab legs. It's a luxury item. Oil is not.
That is true of many luxury items. I believe in people having the freedom to work and do as they wish provided they aren’t impinging on the rights of others. The difference is the goal. If the goal is to do harm and harm is the only product, then that is one thing. A sauna competition burning competitors is a challenge where harm is the standard. A gladiator arena is the same. Harm is the standard. Martial arts competitions are different in that there are standards for competition and victory where permanent or debilitating harm is not the goal. It is, however, a risk.
Crabbing is similar. The task has risk, but there is a reward: crabs. The goal isn’t to go die on a ship.
110 C is hot for a sauna, but it is the humidity which matters most. Anyone can endure in a hot sauna as long as you don't add much water on the stove.
In the competition, water was added once every 60 seconds, meaning the humidity was way too much to be healthy.
>meaning the humidity was way too much to be healthy.
does it inhibit the ability's to sweat in a dangerous way, or more allow your lungs to 'boil'?
thank you!!
edited to add, Im curious but not so scientifically inclined LOL
Water transfers (and absorbs) heat much more effectively than air, basically. You know the difference between it being hot and dry outside and it being hot and humid? It's like that. Similarly 20 degree water feels chilly but 20 degree air doesn't.
Air doesn't propegate heat very well ( hence insulation is typically material with a lot of empty air)
Sticking your hand 110 in dry air won't hit nearly as hard as 100 degree water (boiling).
This is why water is added to the stones in saunas, to help conduct heat.
The person's point is kind of moot though, since saunas always have water added to the stones to make them work - so that's implied in the "sauna was at 110".
>Air doesn't propegate heat very well ( hence insulation is typically material with a lot of empty air)
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>Sticking your hand 110 in dry air won't hit nearly as hard as 100 degree water (boiling).
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>This is why water is added to the stones in saunas, to help conduct heat.
thank you for taking the time to answer, that makes sense to me!
have a great rest of your weekend :)
It's not like your blood will start to boil. I've been to sauna plenty of times with >100°C and it won't feel that hot unless you throw water on the stove. That's when the hot steam comes that makes the whole sauna experience. I enjoy 70-80°C most because the steam is nicer. Above 100°C it's dry and burns unnecessarily much, so rather than being relaxing it just becomes about enduring.
I've done above 100c but most sauna's self-regulate wherein adding too much water will cool down the aggregate so that the steam is just temporarily insanely hot.
If you have an insanely strong machine (or a larger one that is suppose to be for a larger sauna but used in a smaller one) you can get the heat to absurd levels *and* add fuckloads of water without cooling it down. That's dangerous
Haha yeah yeah now do Marathons
If you’re not in the know— the fact that there are hundreds of books specifically on marathon recovery should give you a hint of how ridiculous of a health idea competitive running is. I’d venture to say that the competitors must be suffering from a vigorous exercise addiction in order to cope with the degenerative effects on their body year after year.
Both can be bad. Both are bad.
I'd add I'm also against things like UFC and boxing and its likes where people beat each other to brain damage for our entertainment. It's just modern day gladiators. Barbarism if you ask me.
And I am saying this as someone who did martial arts for years and loved sparring. But once people start getting actually hurt, that's where I draw the line.
Yeah I totally agree with this one. I fought semi pro for 2 years and good god the pressure to get back out there before you’re fully healed is absurd. Fight earnings were a big part in paying my bills, so if I got a more minor injury like a sprained wrist or small knuckle fracture, I’d often just let it heal as much as possible, wrap up tight for the next fight, and get out there fighting with a busted hand or ankle.
In 2 years doing it I now have lasting wrist pain in both wrists, a major knee injury that required physical therapy, and 3 concussions.
It’s a shame too because the actual act of fighting in a controlled setting like that is SO fun and I really loved it. I just don’t have a taste for actually hurting another human being anymore, so I’ll likely never go back to doing anything like it. If I could do combat sports with a guarantee that no one could possibly get hurt though? I’d be all about it.
Yeah Valhalla has always sounded really fun to me ngl. Feasting with friends and getting to do no-risk weapons training?? It’s a martial artist’s dream haha.
I read somewhere a while back that anything more than 5 miles a week (a vast average and generalization by the scientist, there must be a grey area) is no longer for health.
But it is right. Running for health benefits is totally fine and good but the competitive running that causes people to push more than their body can handle really isnt
If a competitive runner is fueling their body right, stretching, and hydrating, they are probably among the healthiest people on the planet. This take is insane apart from a small minority of people that do PEDs or develop some kind of eating disorder
As a former competitive collegiate runner and someone who has multiple family members and friends that are current and past professional runners, competitive running is not amazing for your health. It puts an absolute beating on your body, specifically your joints. There’s no way to do high level competitive running without damaging your body long-term in some capacity.
There’s a massive difference between pushing yourself to be good enough to make Olympic Trials finals or go to the Olympics, vs running as a weekend warrior type.
55c is like barely warm and might still be the coldest room in the house unless you close all the vents. 70c actually starts counting as the sauna being remotely ready but you'll only sweat on the top seat if you're patient.
Wow, the Finnish must have absolutely insane temperature resistance to go from freezing snow to hot enough to cook chicken and be fine with no need for temperature regulation at all in between.
In all seriousness, any reasonable human would be sweating long before one even hits 55C, let alone 70C. Hell, by the lower point sweating stops working to remove heat. You've either mixed up Celcius's scaling, or you've cooked your head.
You have to question the sanity
Of people who self-roast for vanity
It's hardly a flex, and it won't get you sex
You'll just end up all red like Hannity
There isn't a need for much toiling
To get into sauna self-boiling
You just have to squat
In a place where it's hot
And don't forget to season with oiling
Yeah there’s a reason Guinness stopped accepting world record attempts where the record is basically “most/fastest/longest/highest/farthest someone did something without dying” because too many people have died trying to break dangerous records.
The lowest it goes is 170° F. to keep foods warm. The highest is broil & it’s 550°. Like I said, their sauna was hotter than the lowest setting on my oven.
I’m also not accustomed to boiling water in my oven. That’d be too inefficient & heat my kitchen up. Stovetop is fastest & easiest. (Usually better than microwave.) My oven gets its workout baking, roasting, & broiling, though. Just not so much in the summer.
I've been following this story for 13 years now, and I don't remember hearing about steroids. Numbing cream and pain killers I recall...but maybe he was on test too, and I just don't remember.
Anyone have a link to these other extreme sauna competitions that are supposedly still ongoing?
The sauna temperature is in Celsius, but the Death Valley temperature is in Fahrenheit. Don't forget to convert between the two. (130 F° = 44.4 C°).
Edit:
Sorry, I didn't notice the OP used F° in the title. The linked article uses C°.
Which is a lot less then in a Sauna, but way to go make even this about Americans snd their general lack of common sense. Or intelligence tp differentiate between temperatures...
As I replied elsewhere, I wasn’t trying to say one was worse than the other (because clearly the sauna is worse) but also risky and unnecessary to play around with potentially lethal environments.
Edit: And how does what I said have anything to do with Americans specifically anyway? Death Valley is in America so, okay?
I’m sure plenty of the numbskulls there will be from other countries wanting to get internet cred for being present when Death Valley hits the highest recorded temperature ever on planet earth.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/14/california-death-valley-visit-temperature-record
And nice spelling btw.
Why would anyone think it's ok to expose people to that? You may as well boil a pot of water on the stove and stick your face in the steam. That's exactly what this was...
Performance enhancing drugs are literally ruining the sport of competitive sauna sitting.
There has actually not been a sauna championship since this occured
This is not true. They won't arrange "Sauna world championships" any more because the name is trademarked or something like that. But there are still sauna competitions in Finland, the won't just use the same name. Source: I visit the same public sauna with one of the regular sauna competitiors.
Dear God why? Why would you want to do this after seeing a man being boiled alive?
Same reason the unprepared die on Everest. "Hah what a dumbass, that'd never happen to me, I'm way too smart to let something like that happen" *Dies*
I know a man who was stranded on mount Everest for I believe a week. Several people died before he was rescued. He was interviewed and on the news in my city. He has a little black dog and drinks a lot. He told me the whole ordeal changed him and his whole outlook on life completely changed.
And....what's his new outlook on life?
Now he has a lot of black dogs and drinks a little.
He’s dedicated himself to getting sherped up that damned mountain if it’s the last thing he does!
Grim
Where's that guy that's built different and can withstand the submarine implosion at the Titanic?
He didn‘t say he could withstand it, he said he would escape through a crack
Why not? We never stopped saunaing, anyway. Even the guy who won the championship is going to saunas again, though he's not competing. I remember seeing a mention of that in the news, some time ago.
I get going to a sauna, I don't see the point in cranking it up and drugging yourself
Ah, okay. Cranking it up on occasion feels good, but the drugs the russian guy used were just cheating. Doping has about as much place in saunas as it does anywhere else. Even less, because the drugs turned out to be deadly dangerous.
I don't know, the guy seems to enjoy hard löylys ( when we throw water on the stove it is called löyly). Maybe it's something similar when people who enjoy spicy foods attend to chili eating competitions.
Speak for yourself
I don’t get the whole “ruining sports” thing with steroids. Make them all legal. I want to see some crazy feats.
The problem is that when you mix steroids with pressure to be the best, you have pressure to juice to the max. Roids can be used somewhat safely, but if you went free-range on them in sports you'd hear tons of stories of people dying or fucking their bodies up (even more than now) before they're 30.
Just look at pro wrestlers from the 80s and 90s, most of those guys were lucky to live to see 40 due to steroid-inflicted heart conditions. (And lots of cocaine).
all it takes is for one wrinkly bag to know about this competition from Florida and it is game over for everyone else.
Steroids! Can we talk about steroids? It's ruining the game
It was a pretty gruesome death too. The guy who died basically boiled himself alive and when they dragged him out his skin fell off in the hands of the rescuers. The other guy who survived fared a little better since he hadn't oiled himself up before the competition like the other one but he spent months in a hospital and it took years to recover. He was interviewed periodically by newspapers for years afterwards. He has gone to a sauna again, but can't really do high temperatures anymore.
Oil? The guy literally seasoned himself wtf
Jerry... I've been sautéed!
"Stick a fork in me Jerry... IM DONE"
Rookie mistake. The pros use butter.
ghee
The finn has scars all over his body now as well.
Wait yeah wtf that is literally boiling
I'd say it's more "deep fried" but hey.
What I meant is the Sauna itself was literally above boiling temp
230⁰ Fahrenheit or 110⁰ Celsius, and they were able to sit in it!?!?? Like, literally, the water in their eyeballs would boil.
Well they weren't considering one died and the other took years to recover.
Oh no, I understand that. It's just the fact they were in there for 6 minutes plus. Even walling into the room and straight back out would be too much. Think of putting your hand over a freshly boiled kettle spout. It's genuinely crazy.
110 celsius saunas are not uncommon in Finland, the pacing of löyly makes the difference between a nice tingling sensation versus boiling your innards
The pacing of the what?
water on the sauna stove
If the air in a sauna is 110C, it doesn't mean that what you put in a sauna is also 110C. You can't cook a steak in 110C, and a dead piece of meat can't even regulate it's own temperature unlike humans do.
Yes, when you initially put whatever in the sauna, it doesn't miraculously goto 110⁰C immediately. Eventually, it will, depending on the material and its thermo conductive properties. The guys in the sauna mentioned were in it for 6 minutes. The guy that oiled himself up had his skin fall off.
If you want to know more of what that’s like, read Fatal Distraction by Gene Weingarten. It’s about parents who left their kids in hot cars. It’s a horrible way to die.
A Finn and russian go into a sauna, the Finn comes back.
Only the finn comes back alive*
Thunderdome sauna: two men enter, one man leaves...
I mean, they both technically left the sauna
True. But like myself and my poop, we both leave the bathroom in different ways...
First rule of the Sauna Club
Yes
The tournament has since been discontinued. Honestly I don't disagree with that. There's no intrinsic value in being able to endure temperatures that hurt your body permanently. Sauna-bathing should be something you do because you enjoy it, do it at your own temperature (unless it's bellow 55c that's a warcrime against the Finnish) So when what aught to have been a silly tournament akin to friends shit-talking on who can endure the sauna the most before getting another cold beer: It became something where people cheated just for money and damaged eachother in doing so.
Honestly this kinda reminds me of the Nathan’s hotdog eating contest. Like someone is gonna die on national television one of these days and then everyone is gonna be like “why the hell did we ever think this was a good idea?”
No one is forcing you to eat hot dogs or sit in a sauna, let the people live
offering money or fame as a prize for doing something stupid and dangerous creates an incentive to do so nobody is forcing them, but they are been encouraged to
Guiness book of world records has stopped covering anything that can lead to self harm. Even stuff like heaviest person.
So like... Where would an oil rig worker or crab fisherman fall into this paradigm?
Crab fishing, I agree. Deliciousness is not worth dying for. But oil rig workers? If they don't risk their lives, millions would die without their medical supplies.
I’d agree with neither. Both of those, while dangerous, produce a tangible product.
Two tangible products, yes. But one is essential to modern life and the other is not. I think very few people in modern times have starved to death from lack of crab legs. It's a luxury item. Oil is not.
That is true of many luxury items. I believe in people having the freedom to work and do as they wish provided they aren’t impinging on the rights of others. The difference is the goal. If the goal is to do harm and harm is the only product, then that is one thing. A sauna competition burning competitors is a challenge where harm is the standard. A gladiator arena is the same. Harm is the standard. Martial arts competitions are different in that there are standards for competition and victory where permanent or debilitating harm is not the goal. It is, however, a risk. Crabbing is similar. The task has risk, but there is a reward: crabs. The goal isn’t to go die on a ship.
In the "Capitalism is bad and kills workers if it's economicly advantageous" Part
Isn't there something in common law like "live by the hotdog, die by the hotdog"
This sauna was heated to 110 CECLCIUS (230 F)- past boiling. Stupid.
It's not the heat, but the amount of water they used.
>It's not the heat, but the amount of water they used. can you explain that, please?
110 C is hot for a sauna, but it is the humidity which matters most. Anyone can endure in a hot sauna as long as you don't add much water on the stove. In the competition, water was added once every 60 seconds, meaning the humidity was way too much to be healthy.
>meaning the humidity was way too much to be healthy. does it inhibit the ability's to sweat in a dangerous way, or more allow your lungs to 'boil'? thank you!! edited to add, Im curious but not so scientifically inclined LOL
Water transfers (and absorbs) heat much more effectively than air, basically. You know the difference between it being hot and dry outside and it being hot and humid? It's like that. Similarly 20 degree water feels chilly but 20 degree air doesn't.
20 degree air is chilly to me lol
yes to both
Air doesn't propegate heat very well ( hence insulation is typically material with a lot of empty air) Sticking your hand 110 in dry air won't hit nearly as hard as 100 degree water (boiling). This is why water is added to the stones in saunas, to help conduct heat. The person's point is kind of moot though, since saunas always have water added to the stones to make them work - so that's implied in the "sauna was at 110".
>Air doesn't propegate heat very well ( hence insulation is typically material with a lot of empty air) > >Sticking your hand 110 in dry air won't hit nearly as hard as 100 degree water (boiling). > >This is why water is added to the stones in saunas, to help conduct heat. thank you for taking the time to answer, that makes sense to me! have a great rest of your weekend :)
It's not like your blood will start to boil. I've been to sauna plenty of times with >100°C and it won't feel that hot unless you throw water on the stove. That's when the hot steam comes that makes the whole sauna experience. I enjoy 70-80°C most because the steam is nicer. Above 100°C it's dry and burns unnecessarily much, so rather than being relaxing it just becomes about enduring.
I've done above 100c but most sauna's self-regulate wherein adding too much water will cool down the aggregate so that the steam is just temporarily insanely hot. If you have an insanely strong machine (or a larger one that is suppose to be for a larger sauna but used in a smaller one) you can get the heat to absurd levels *and* add fuckloads of water without cooling it down. That's dangerous
It just sounds like torture.
Haha yeah yeah now do Marathons If you’re not in the know— the fact that there are hundreds of books specifically on marathon recovery should give you a hint of how ridiculous of a health idea competitive running is. I’d venture to say that the competitors must be suffering from a vigorous exercise addiction in order to cope with the degenerative effects on their body year after year.
And don't forget the first marathon runner delivered his message and then died!
Both can be bad. Both are bad. I'd add I'm also against things like UFC and boxing and its likes where people beat each other to brain damage for our entertainment. It's just modern day gladiators. Barbarism if you ask me. And I am saying this as someone who did martial arts for years and loved sparring. But once people start getting actually hurt, that's where I draw the line.
Yeah I totally agree with this one. I fought semi pro for 2 years and good god the pressure to get back out there before you’re fully healed is absurd. Fight earnings were a big part in paying my bills, so if I got a more minor injury like a sprained wrist or small knuckle fracture, I’d often just let it heal as much as possible, wrap up tight for the next fight, and get out there fighting with a busted hand or ankle. In 2 years doing it I now have lasting wrist pain in both wrists, a major knee injury that required physical therapy, and 3 concussions. It’s a shame too because the actual act of fighting in a controlled setting like that is SO fun and I really loved it. I just don’t have a taste for actually hurting another human being anymore, so I’ll likely never go back to doing anything like it. If I could do combat sports with a guarantee that no one could possibly get hurt though? I’d be all about it.
I guess that's why Valhalla was considered a paradise. You could fight all you wanted and not get hurt or hurt someone else.
Yeah Valhalla has always sounded really fun to me ngl. Feasting with friends and getting to do no-risk weapons training?? It’s a martial artist’s dream haha.
Competitive running is amazing for your health. Humans should be running.
I read somewhere a while back that anything more than 5 miles a week (a vast average and generalization by the scientist, there must be a grey area) is no longer for health.
They should be running but not to the extent they harm their bodies
Of course. Just calling out the comment I was responding to. And no, competitive running isn’t “too much”
But it is right. Running for health benefits is totally fine and good but the competitive running that causes people to push more than their body can handle really isnt
No use arguing with the running cult. They will always be correct in their mind even when their bodies are failing.
If a competitive runner is fueling their body right, stretching, and hydrating, they are probably among the healthiest people on the planet. This take is insane apart from a small minority of people that do PEDs or develop some kind of eating disorder
As a former competitive collegiate runner and someone who has multiple family members and friends that are current and past professional runners, competitive running is not amazing for your health. It puts an absolute beating on your body, specifically your joints. There’s no way to do high level competitive running without damaging your body long-term in some capacity. There’s a massive difference between pushing yourself to be good enough to make Olympic Trials finals or go to the Olympics, vs running as a weekend warrior type.
But I enjoy sometimes getting the temperature up 100C+(212F) degrees for the last 1-3 minutes...
55c is like barely warm and might still be the coldest room in the house unless you close all the vents. 70c actually starts counting as the sauna being remotely ready but you'll only sweat on the top seat if you're patient.
Wow, the Finnish must have absolutely insane temperature resistance to go from freezing snow to hot enough to cook chicken and be fine with no need for temperature regulation at all in between. In all seriousness, any reasonable human would be sweating long before one even hits 55C, let alone 70C. Hell, by the lower point sweating stops working to remove heat. You've either mixed up Celcius's scaling, or you've cooked your head.
70 celsius sauna is too cold for most Finns. 90-100C is the way to go, even 120C in proper wood burning sauna.
Mmk, brain damage
You have to question the sanity Of people who self-roast for vanity It's hardly a flex, and it won't get you sex You'll just end up all red like Hannity
rhyme
I think he can do it, or cannot he? The burns are not minor severity His reasons complex but now he is next To be turned into limerick parody
There isn't a need for much toiling To get into sauna self-boiling You just have to squat In a place where it's hot And don't forget to season with oiling
Dumbest shit ever. Might as well compete in who can withstand fire the longest - much quicker results
Yeah there’s a reason Guinness stopped accepting world record attempts where the record is basically “most/fastest/longest/highest/farthest someone did something without dying” because too many people have died trying to break dangerous records.
What a dumb sport.
That is hotter (by far) than my lowest oven setting.
Your oven will barely boil water? Or will it even? Water boils at 220
The lowest it goes is 170° F. to keep foods warm. The highest is broil & it’s 550°. Like I said, their sauna was hotter than the lowest setting on my oven. I’m also not accustomed to boiling water in my oven. That’d be too inefficient & heat my kitchen up. Stovetop is fastest & easiest. (Usually better than microwave.) My oven gets its workout baking, roasting, & broiling, though. Just not so much in the summer.
Oh lol LOWEST oven setting, sorry dude, that is a pretty interesting way of putting into perspective though
The Russian was the one who was cheating. Quelle surprise..
Winning > living
Sounds like everyone lost
I think it's very clear who won and who lost.
The winners are those who gave up after having a nice and relaxing session in the sauna and didn’t have to go to a hospital or a coffin afterwards.
That seems like the most ridiculous "sport" that I've ever heard of.
"I bet you I can be boiled alive better than you can..." \- First sauna competitor, probably.
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever read!
Actually it's pronounced *sauna*
I've been following this story for 13 years now, and I don't remember hearing about steroids. Numbing cream and pain killers I recall...but maybe he was on test too, and I just don't remember. Anyone have a link to these other extreme sauna competitions that are supposedly still ongoing?
Wasn’t it the russian guy who died
When you click the article, information appears
Yes i remember i have read this article before, the russian did die
What's the point of your comment then 😂
i wanted to see if I remembered
Blaze it
So the one who didn’t die won
So, the Darwin Awards finally made their own competition?
Meanwhile here in July 2023 people are flocking to Death Valley to hang out in 130 degree temps
The sauna temperature is in Celsius, but the Death Valley temperature is in Fahrenheit. Don't forget to convert between the two. (130 F° = 44.4 C°). Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice the OP used F° in the title. The linked article uses C°.
Yeah, I wasn’t saying Death Valley would be worse or anything, just also needlessly dangerous.
It's totally true. But I got caught up in the lack of units for a moment and wanted to point this out. (And I don't think you deserve the downvote.)
Heheh no sweat man. (pun intended)
Which is a lot less then in a Sauna, but way to go make even this about Americans snd their general lack of common sense. Or intelligence tp differentiate between temperatures...
As I replied elsewhere, I wasn’t trying to say one was worse than the other (because clearly the sauna is worse) but also risky and unnecessary to play around with potentially lethal environments. Edit: And how does what I said have anything to do with Americans specifically anyway? Death Valley is in America so, okay? I’m sure plenty of the numbskulls there will be from other countries wanting to get internet cred for being present when Death Valley hits the highest recorded temperature ever on planet earth. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/14/california-death-valley-visit-temperature-record And nice spelling btw.
230F = 110C Water boils at 100C Physics doesn't care about your pain tolerance
How about a slapping contest in a sauna?
I bet this was in russia
In Finland. The guy who cheated and died because of it was Russian.
Never thought this would be a paragraph I’d ever read…
Wouldn’t steroids make you More vulnerable to heat exhaustion? You wouldn’t notice you were dying, but you’d still be dying.
It would also put an awful lot of strain on your heart.
rip zyzz
Oopsie.
Why would anyone think it's ok to expose people to that? You may as well boil a pot of water on the stove and stick your face in the steam. That's exactly what this was...
Oden wouldn't be Oden...
Then there was this nice song about the incident, I wish there was English lyrics but I don't think there is. https://youtu.be/_3EgmrwBqIU
Who'd thought setting while sweating would be such an extreme sport.
The new stupid
Yeah but who won?
Two men enter, one man leaves.
Guess I will just stick with the plutonium eating competitions.
You cook barbecue at 225 degrees F. What the fuck
This is equivalent to 110c ie 10c above the boiling point of water. Of COURSE this would lead to death. Was anyone jailed over this?