HE IS THE DUTCH phenomenon who has set hundreds of ultra-low temperature world records, from swimming under ice, lying down for ages in the freezing cold or running half-marathons barefoot in the Arctic Circle. He is Wim Hof, better known as The Ice Man. The bearded extreme athlete has developed a system of breathing, yoga and meditation to survive the cold by inducing a state of mental mastery. But what is Hof like underneath that flimsy cape thing he wears? Find out as we tell you…
full name is Wimbledon Hofmeister, so called because his parents met whilst watching tennis, getting pissed up on truly awful 1980s
