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March 31, 2007

Bit Chilly -130C…

Well, we survived. And it was fun - what a bizarre experience today at London’s Kriotherapy centre. It was all a little stressful to begin with, arriving therein a rush and having to go through a quick medical as well as ensure there was no sweat or moisture on our body which might result in scalding. All a little unnerving. And we also discovered that Andy from Global Cool is in a lot better physical shape than either me or Ed! And he’s not even in training for anything. Doh. As for the chamber itself, the first minute in there passed by in an adrenalin surge of hopping about and shouting / chanting as we all tried to deal with cold. There was that unsaid nagging suspicion if that we all stopped, stood still and were silent, we might just freeze on the spot. The second minute became progressively more unpleasant as our extremities quickly froze up. Once out, a lovely warm energetic feeling came over us. All in all, very fun, and it did start to focus the mind on the extreme cold we are likely to face in the north pole. The whole thing was filmed by a guy from the press association, so who knows where it may show up.
That’s us inside the chamber!
Bit cold that Krio thing…

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