The Wim Hof Method, which he developed and perfected for almost forty years, is based on three simple natural pillars - exposure to cold, conscious breathing and the power of the mind. He used the Method to accomplish what many thought was impossible, setting more than two dozen Guinness World Records and baffling medical scientists. Wim Hof ran a half marathon in the Arctic Circle barefoot, wearing only shorts, and a full marathon through the African Namib Desert, during which he did not drink a drop of water. He swam more than 60 meters under a thick layer of ice and stood in the ice crumbs for several hours in a row without lowering his internal body temperature and climbed the highest mountains in the world, dressed only in shorts
