11 June 2010

Sedentary Sports I won't try

Some sports are good. Some sports involve sitting down doing very little. Some sports involve sitting down doing nothing at all while your skin bubbles away (literally). This the sport of the Sauna World Championships. It's a Finnish sport, explaining why the word 'extreme' isn't prefixed, for this maybe one of the few examples where I would wholeheartedly support its use.

The sauna is set at a balmy 127C, and descriptions of the contests include:
He was the first out, at 4:15, and he was melting like the wicked witch. His forehead, his lips and his ears were giant lumps of pus. His triceps were riddled with pebble-size blisters, dozens of them.


Read all about it here. go on. 

2 comments:

MadMacca said...

Holy f##k!

The Rose and Dragon said...

Awesome. Sounds like a great spectator sport, especially if you're doing plastics. :)