Suprehumans - Their Story

[groober2011]

Ultramarathon Man


Dean(Constantine) Karnazes is a Guinness record holder and seemingly can run forever. He has completed a number of endurance events, mostly running events, but also a swimming event. Most notably, he ran 135 miles (217 km) nonstop across Death Valley in 120 °F (49 °C) temperatures, and a marathon to the South Pole at ?40 °F (?40 °C). In 2006, he ran 50 marathons in all 50 states in 50 consecutive days, finishing with the New York City Marathon, which he completed in three hours and thirty seconds.

 

[groober2011]

The Iceman

Wim Hof (born 20 April 1959, in Sittard, Limburg) is a Dutch world record holder, adventurer and daredevil, commonly nicknamed the Iceman for his ability to withstand extreme cold.

He holds eighteen world records including a world record for longest ice bath. Hof broke his previous world record by staying for 1 hour, 13 minutes and 48 seconds immersed in ice at Guinness World Records 2008. The night before, he performed the act on the Today Show.

In February 2009, Hof reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in his shorts within two days. It took him only another two days to climb down.In 2007, he attempted, but failed (due to a foot injury), to climb Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts. Hof has been criticized for his stated justifications for this attempt: "Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest was a testament to human achievement; my climb of Mount Everest in my shorts will be a monument to the frivolous, decadent nature of modern society."
In 2009, Hof completed a full marathon (42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi)) above the polar circle in Finland in temperatures close to ?20 °C (?4 °F). Dressed in nothing but shorts, Hof finished in 5 hours and 25 minutes. The challenge was filmed by Firecrackerfilms, who make productions for the BBC, Channel 4 and National Geographic.

 

[groober2011]

Recently, Hof agreed to participate in tests that ultimately called into question the idea that his feats may be due only to physical conditioning. Scientists at the University Medical Centre in Nijmegen conducted various tests on Hof for a year, culminating in what they described as the most difficult test on March 31, 2011. That day, they tested Hof’s mental ability to influence his immune system. Professor of experimental intensive care medicine Dr. Peter Pickkers and his team injected Hof with endotoxin to see if his thoughts would be able to effectively combat the bacteria. The injection was expected to cause Hof to experience flu-like symptoms. They were astonished when he failed to get sick.

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[groober2011]

In one fluid motion, the samurai draws his sword and bisects a fastball. Then, he uses his sword to deflect a bebe pellet, breaking the projectile into chunks in the process.

An on-site expert reviews slo-motion footage of the samurai and comments on what she sees. "This is about processing at an entirely different sensory level, because he's not visually processing it," said the expert. "This is a different level of anticipatory processing, something so procedural, something so fluid for him. He's working as a perfectly calibrated machine."

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Why they didn't include LKY? The immortal man

 

[nirvarq]

[video=youtube_share;Xv4Se5ka9Pk]http://youtu.be/Xv4Se5ka9Pk[/video]

 

[groober2011]

Not for the squeamish. The unbreakable Shaolin Monk.