Iceman Kilimanjaro Expedition

[PaleoPhil]

Wim Hof is taking 25 people wearing minimal clothing (such as only shorts for the men) up Mount Kilimanjaro. "Amongst the climbers are people with Cancer, Rheumatism, Asthma, Crohn’s disease, and Multiple Sclerosis."

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He is raising funds for the project, which will demonstrate to the world that anyone can learn "to control his or her autonomic nervous system" and "activate the self-healing capacities of the body and thereby cure diseases."

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/conquer-your-challenges-the-kilimanjaro-expedition

[Inger]

I think it is very sad he thinks a cooked vegetarian diet is the thing... it is like... he has something right but something terribly wrong. With cold an animal food diet with very
little carbs is the optimal woe. I can sense it from the video there is something missing

[Projectile Vomit]

I agree with Inger, although I'm not sure VLC is necessary. Wim Hof has had successes and failures in his life, and I fear that this might turn out to be a failure. Hopefully no one dies from the cold.

[PaleoPhil]

I didn't know that he is vegetarian, though in his book he does talk about eating pizza and I wondered how much more he could do if he ate a better diet. Maybe some day one of the more robust raw Paleo dieters will beat his Guiness records? Like maybe Eric, the iceman of Vermont? 

Taking 25 people is quite a risk, because the more you take, the greater the odds that one person will have a problem, due to random chance if nothing else, and the harder it is to keep an eye on everyone, but Wim has managed to do the "impossible" many times before. Because of the risk, if he succeeds, it will be quite notable and should get plenty of media coverage. Let's hope for the best.