Unique competition of ice bath was held at Hubei province, China, where Jin Songhao managed to stay within Ice container for 120 minutes, which lead him to set New World Record.
China’s most experienced icemen, Jin Songhao and Chen Kecai, has smashed previous world record for the longest ice bath.
Wim Hof, Ice Man, a Dutch fellow was the previous world record holder for longest ice bath with 115 minutes, but Chen Kecai, the previous record holder, wasn’t about to just sit by and watch his title get snatched right from under him. Together with fellow iceman Jin Songhao, they staged their own cold-enduring event, on January 3rd, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province.
Jin Songhao and Chen Kecai, The two daredevils immersed themselves in plastic boxes and were covered with ice cubes, up to their necks. Within just 40 minutes Kecai started shivering, but he insisted the doctors let him see his challenge through to the end. Eventually, he managed to stay in the box for 118 minutes, thus beating his Dutch rival’s record. Unfortunately for him, Jin Songhao lasted 120 minutes and is the new holder of the record for the world’s longest ice bath. Well, at least Chen Kecai can take comfort in the fact that he lost to a fellow Chinaman.
