After more than 2 hours in the cold, a layer of ice has formed on the back of my neck. We warm up in the hut on Mount Sniezka before we descend again dressed. I only notice the really amazing thing the next day: nobody sneezes or coughs. No one has caught a cold!
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Photo gallery Greenland
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"Freeze!"
Ice bath event with 12 participants
Great conversations, lots of fun, breathtaking facts: That’s the conclusion of the private Wim Hof Method Breathing & Ice Bath session my wife and I hosted yesterday in our home and garden in Berlin – powered by Wim Hof trainer Daniel Ruppert. All of us 12 participants jumped into the icy waters.