Chinese 'Iceman' sets record for being frozen for more than 2 hours

A 58-year-old man in China set a world record for cold resistance by staying immersed in ice for 129 minutes.

'Ice King' Chan Kha Tai in China. Photo: DailyStar

Tran Kha Tai, 58 years old, and Kim Tung Hao, 60 years old, recently held a strange competition to see who could endure the cold longer, by sitting in a glass box filled with ice in the middle of the freezing winter.on the famous glass bridge in Zhangjiajie National Park, China, according toXinhua.

This is the third time the two men have held a cold tolerance competition. In the first competitionenter2011, Mr. Kim won against Mr. Tran.

In this competition, two men wearing only swimming suits, sit in a glass cage and have ice poured over them by a supporter. On the bodies of these two men, dubbed "ice kings", are attached medical devices to monitor heart rate and blood pressure to prevent unexpected events.

Mr. Tran eventually won, breaking the world record by sitting in the ice bucket for 129 minutes, six minutes longer than Mr. Kim. "It's unbelievable to see them eating ice cream in such conditions," commented one Chinese social media user.

According to VNE