Those Crazy Fins

[Casall]

Are they sure it was 110C? Hotter than boiling water?! Or did some mong of a reporter get their units wrong?

Even 110F at 100% humidity is soon unbearable, and much hotter would be rapidly fatal. For example, people can't survive in that crystal cave in Mexico (at around 136F) for more than a few minutes without being dressed from head to toe in cooling suits.

Apparently the winner (or surviver), Timo Kaukonen, normally practises in sauna that has 130C - 140C, so 110C must have felt quite chilly for him.

[Spacecadet]

Are they sure it was 110C? Hotter than boiling water?! Or did some mong of a reporter get their units wrong?

Even 110F at 100% humidity is soon unbearable, and much hotter would be rapidly fatal. For example, people can't survive in that crystal cave in Mexico (at around 136F) for more than a few minutes without being dressed from head to toe in cooling suits.

from:
Sauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Under many circumstances, temperatures approaching and exceeding 100 °C (212 °F) would be completely intolerable. Saunas overcome this problem by controlling the humidity. The hottest Finnish saunas have relatively low humidity levels in which steam is generated by pouring water on the hot stones. This allows air temperatures that could boil water to be tolerated and even enjoyed for longer periods of time. Steam baths, such as the hammam, where the humidity approaches 100%, will be set to a much lower temperature of around 40 °C (104 °F) to compensate. The "wet heat" would cause scalding if the temperature were set much higher.

[MarillionFan]

Looks like 110c burns.

http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/eve...s-vladimir.jpg

http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/eve...193--death.jpg

Thats gonna take a lot of

[Paddy]

Are they sure it was 110C? Hotter than boiling water?! Or did some mong of a reporter get their units wrong?

Even 110F at 100% humidity is soon unbearable, and much hotter would be rapidly fatal. For example, people can't survive in that crystal cave in Mexico (at around 136F) for more than a few minutes without being dressed from head to toe in cooling suits.

Looks like 110c burns.

http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/eve...s-vladimir.jpg

http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/eve...193--death.jpg

[MarillionFan]

His experience is more of Turkish baths with similarly hirsute overweight men.

But he doesn't like to talk about it.

I think you'll find that AtW secured a large amount of money from a Dutch pornographer he came across in a Turkish Sauna. I understand his name is Spartacus.

[shaunbhoy]

Darn - I've just installed PeerBlock, which proudly announced it has blocked over 750,000,000 IP addresses on my PC.

Unfortunately, these seem to include most news sites such as the BBC, Guardian, etc. So I can't check this item.

Oh well, I waste enough time reading news articles anyway. So maybe it's done me a favour.

There is no "maybe" about it!!

[Clippy]

Was that your personal experience ?

His experience is more of Turkish baths with similarly hirsute overweight men.

But he doesn't like to talk about it.

[OwlHoot]

Darn - I've just installed PeerBlock, which proudly announced it has blocked over 750,000,000 IP addresses on my PC.

Unfortunately, these seem to include most news sites such as the BBC, Guardian, etc. So I can't check this item.

Oh well, I waste enough time reading news articles anyway. So maybe it's done me a favour.

[Green Mango]

Yes. Have you never been to a sauna?

Bedwetters on this forum would jump out of sauna crying for mummy once temp is over 30C I reckon

Was that your personal experience ?

[AtW]

Are they sure it was 110C? Hotter than boiling water?! Or did some mong of a reporter get their units wrong?

Yes. Have you never been to a sauna?

Bedwetters on this forum would jump out of sauna crying for mummy once temp is over 30C I reckon

[OwlHoot]

The event requires participants to withstand 110C (230F) for as long as possible.

Are they sure it was 110C? Hotter than boiling water?! Or did some mong of a reporter get their units wrong?

Even 110F at 100% humidity is soon unbearable, and much hotter would be rapidly fatal. For example, people can't survive in that crystal cave in Mexico (at around 136F) for more than a few minutes without being dressed from head to toe in cooling suits.

[Zippy]

Well it is nothing to get all steamed up about!!!

Brrrrrrrr dum. Tssch!

[shaunbhoy]

Well it is nothing to get all steamed up about!!!

[Zippy]

Congratulations on posting the strangest story of the week (IMO).

It's Finns btw. Sharks have fins.

[MarillionFan]

Finalist dies at World Sauna event in Finland

Spectators were deeply shocked by the accident
The annual World Sauna Championships in Finland have ended in tragedy with the death of one of the finalists.
Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky and his Finnish rival, Timo Kaukonen, collapsed after suffering severe burns. Mr Ladyzhensky later died in hospital.
The event requires participants to withstand 110C (230F) for as long as possible. The men managed six minutes before judges noticed something amiss.
Its chief organiser said all the rules of the event had been followed.
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It is not so unusual to have 110 degrees in a sauna. A lot of competitors before have sat in higher temperatures than that”

"All the rules were followed and there were enough first aid personnel. All the competitors needed to sign in to the competition with a doctor's certificate," Ossi Arvela told reporters in Heinola, where it was held.
Half a litre of water was added to the stove inside the sauna every 30 seconds, and the last person remaining was the winner. There was no prize other than "some small things", he told the Associated Press.
"I know this is very hard to understand to people outside Finland who are not familiar with the sauna habit," he said. "It is not so unusual to have 110 degrees in a sauna. A lot of competitors before have sat in higher temperatures than that."
Mr Kaukonen, the defending world champion, had refused to leave the sauna during the final despite appearing sick, Mr Arvela said. He is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Mr Arvela said police were already investigating Mr Ladyzhensky's death, which he said had left the organisers grief-stricken.
The event, which had over 130 participants from 15 countries, had been held since 1999. The organisers said it would never be held again.