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Wim Hof

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
968 total appearances

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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And 76 years old, he was 76 years old.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And he said, can I come with you to climb to Kilimanjaro in the record time you proposed?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

Because this is a mountain that can be done between five and nine days.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

because of acclimatization.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

We cannot produce enough oxygen at those altitudes.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

That's why we have to go slowly but surely so the body is able to adapt to the thinner air to produce enough oxygen inside.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

It's producing more red cells.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

More red blood cells, yeah.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And that is called acclimatization.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

That takes five to nine days.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And then only 40% will be able to summit fully dressed because up there, it's also Arctic cold.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

It's Africa, but at six kilometers, it's the wind and ice and snow.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And with half the oxygen, you don't have the fuel to create energy.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

Right.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

So those predicaments, they are there.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And for that five to nine days, only 40% is summiting fully dressed.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

And this man, 76, he wanted to climb the Kilimanjaro within 35 hours, 35, not five to nine days, in his shorts.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

That's what I said.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

The people who are going to come with me in this expedition, they're going to go.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
263. Wim Hof: On Breathwork Science, Cold Exposure, Immune Control, & Human Potential

We are going to do it within 35 hours.