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Chilling out: Austrian breaks record for standing in box of ice
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Austrian sportsman Josef Koeberl looks on as he stands still in an ice-filled glass cabin trying to set a World Record of staying in ice, in Melk, Austria, on September 5, 2020. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
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n Austrian on Saturday kept his cool and set a new world record for standing in a box full of ice cubes, lasting a teeth-chattering two hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds.
Wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, 42-year-old Josef Koeberl was covered in ice up to his shoulders in a transparent box, his arms crossed against his chest.
He beat the previous record for full-body contact with ice of two hours, eight minutes and 47 seconds, which he set himself last year.
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"It's a great feeling, above all the sun - the warmth feels good," Koeberl told reporters after emerging from his frozen confinement into a balmy afternoon in the town of Melk on the Danube, where a small crowd watched him on the main square.
"I'll manage to put my socks on myself. The first thing that has to warm up are your feet," he said.
