Iceland's ice bathing champion beats record
Over twenty minutes of sitting in a temperature of 0. Photo/Róbert Daníel Jónsson
Vilhjálmur Andri Einarsson is the winner of the Icelandic ice bathing championship which took place in Blönduós, North Iceland yesterday. He sat in freezing cold, ice filled water for 20 minutes and 18 seconds and beat the Icelandic record in ice bathing.
Benedikt Lafleur was in second place with 17.21 seconds and the third, a Canadian of Icelandic origin who had never taken an ice bath before in third place, with 15.04 minutes.
Paramedics were at hand, just in case. Photo/Róbert Daníel Jónsson
Contestants in the ice water bathing contest. Photo/Róbert Daníel Jónsson
Photo/Róbert Daníel Jónsson
