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The Sauna World Championships Is For Hotties
If you're hoping to get your blood pumping this August, you may want to consider hot-footing it to Heinola, Finland for the 2007 Sauna World Championships. Known as the world's hottest event, this extreme contest -- scheduled for the 3rd and 4th -- is an exercise in willpower and self-control. Quite simply, men and women from all over the world sit in a sauna for as long as they can, while temperatures approach 110ºC -- that's 230ºF to you and me!The rules are simple:
- Every 30 seconds, half a liter of water is thrown on the stove, which increases the heat.
- Competitors must sit with buttocks and thighs on the seat.
- Posture must be erect; elbows must stay on the knees, and arms have to be in an upright position.
- Touching skin with hands or disturbing the other competitors is forbidden.
- The last person to leave the Sauna is the World Sauna Champion.
[Via Roadjunky]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lauri Jul 9th 2007 4:24PM
What's the current record then?
Cheers,
Lauri
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suoires Aug 8th 2007 10:36AM
to"take sauna" correctly in finland, one should be totally nude..great place to visit,the laplands are beautiful and thd nordic women will take your breath away.