Austrian Man Spends 2.5 Hours In Box Filled With Ice Cubes

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CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL - Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl is standing in a glass cabin filled with ice try to break the world record for a human to stay side an ice box in Melk, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

MELK, Austria (AP) — An Austrian man beat his own record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes on Saturday.

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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.

CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL – Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl is standing in a glass cabin filled with ice try to break the world record for a human to stay side an ice box in Melk, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL – Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl is standing in a glass cabin filled with ice try to break the world record for a human to stay side an ice box in Melk, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL – Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl is standing in a glass cabin filled with ice try to break the world record for a human to stay side an ice box in Melk, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL – Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl leaves a glass cabin filled with ice, after he set a new record for a human to stay inside an ice box, in Melk, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.(AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
CORRECTING NAME TO KOEBERL – Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl eats an ice cream after he set a new record for a human to stay inside an ice box, in Melk, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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Zumy
Zumy
3 years ago

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
PaulinSaudi
3 years ago

Some people have odd hobbies.

Yitzchock Yehoshua
Yitzchock Yehoshua
3 years ago

A real meshugina.

HM
HM
3 years ago

And this is reported on this Jewish news site because…

ANON21
ANON21
3 years ago

Just a crazy guy that’s all

Kibachabatachnu
Kibachabatachnu
3 years ago

We do the same thing when we get involved with narishkeit instead of basking in the warmth of torah

RealSatmar
RealSatmar
3 years ago

Many early pious Jews would perform a ritual called gilgul hasheleg, where they would roll in the snow unclothed.