World Sauna Championships tragedy

[Finlandia]

A bit of a bizarre newsflash, the World Sauna Championships in Heinola Finland has been stopped due to tragedy. Two of the six finalists collapsed, a Russian man later died, while the other competitor, a Finnish man was taken to hospital badly burned.

The starting temperature is 110C and every 30s half a litre of water is poured on the stove, the competitors had been inside the glass walled sauna for six minutes when the referees stopped the final.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10904691

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sauna_Champions...

Edited by Finlandia on Saturday 7th August 22:24

[wiffmaster]

Inevitable that this would happen sooner or later. As much as I like saunas, it's a pretty bloody stupid event.

[DSM2]

Darwinism, anyone??

[cheddar]

[Mojooo]

DSM2 said:

Darwinism, anyone??

well they died doing what they loved and they knew the risks...presumably.

[spikeyhead]

I like risk, I used to solo freestyle rock climb at stupidly silly levels.

However the sauna thing I really can't see the point of,

[BrassMan]

^^^^ Yeah, but climbing is a calculated risk where you depend upon your skill (play the game, deserve to live and all that). Playing chicken with a sauna is just silly.

[cheddar]

"Olaf, let's see how hot we can get in the sauna........ya?"

"Ya........"

And............GO!

[Finlandia]

110 is a bit on the warm side, 90 is quite nice though

[Pesty]

Finlandia said:

110 is a bit on the warm side, 90 is quite nice though

for how long?

waht is the boing point of blood?

[Jasandjules]

Well, I have seen a couple of these events in the past and the winners look utterly shattered - I've seen them have to be helped out etc... So no great surprise that someone was going to die, frankly, looking at the "fitness" of the competitors I am only surprised is it not a more common occurance.

[Finlandia]

Pesty said:

Finlandia said:

110 is a bit on the warm side, 90 is quite nice though

for how long?

waht is the boing point of blood?

Not that long, around 10min at a time, then you do some ice swimming for a while, and back in the sauna again, and repeat.

Oh, and don't forget, large amounts of beer and vodka




No idea about the boiling point of blood, but comparing to the cooling system on a car the construction is not that different, around 120 would be a guess.

[DangerousMike]

you would be dead well before your blood boiled... get much hotter than 39 deg c and you'll die

[Finlandia]

DangerousMike said:

you would be dead well before your blood boiled... get much hotter than 39 deg c and you'll die

Best for me to not try into med. school

[DangerousMike]

just what happens if say you put a steak into boiling water

[Finlandia]

Believe it or not, but I'm not really a chef either

Now that I actually think about it, as a kid I had a fever of 41, nearly killed me that did, so a blood temperature of 120 would more than likely finish the job. In my defence though, the functionality of the blood/heart system isn't that different from a cooling system in a car, or is it?

It probably is...

[DangerousMike]

i guess you are right, the blood does have significant functionality as a temperature regulation system. Think about how your veins dilate and contract depending on if you are hot or cold. Some animals that live in very cold environments also have heat exchanger type setups with their blood vessels so blood returning from their feet (say) is warmed up by blood heading to them.

[Pesty]

On one of those dodgy web sites I keep getting links for from my mates there were pics of the two people streight out of the sauna.

Don't ask I will not link it on here don't even know why I looked.

Now I am not a doctor or a sauna expert but.... There were lots of clues as that would indicate to the laymen that this HAD gone wrong.
Unbeliveable! I am not even going to describe how they looked thats how bad it was.

Why is was not stopped I do not understand. completely nuts