From article “The event, which has been running since 1999, requires participants to withstand 110C for as long as possible.”
110C — I don’t think so. Maybe 110 F.
Do we have a freeper in the know?
110F is nothing.
Mere mortals will crank it up to 150-190F.
I have no knowledge of these things but 110F sounds pretty wimpy, more like a normal shower in your home. 100C, where water boils, sounds about right, particularly if it burns the contestants.
Talk about your “strange things done in the midnight sun”! Really dumb thing to do.
230F? No ... unless Meatloaf was participating ... the food, not the singer ...
Rules (from Wikipedia)
- Start temperature is 110 degrees Centigrade.
- The stove will get half a liter of water every 30 seconds.
- Use of alcohol is prohibited prior to and during the race.
- Before the sauna any creams should be wiped off and wash.
- In the sauna the competitor has to sit erect, hips and thighs attached on the bench.
- Swimming-costume must be normal. Men may have a maximum 20 centimeter pant leg and women 5 centimeters wide shoulder straps.
- The hair must be tied on ponytail, where they extend up to the shoulder.
- Touching the skin and brushing is prohibited.
- Other competitors must not disturbe.
- When Judges ask, competitor show thumb up to be okay.
- Competitors have to leave sauna without assistance.
- With improper performance comes first warning. Another results in disqualification.
- The winner is the one who is the last in the sauna.
The temperature is usually between 80 °C (176 °F) and 110 °C (230 °F).
Fahrenheit 110
Centigrade(Celsius)43.333333
100 C (212 F) is the boiling temp. for water
I just returned from my second trip to Finland. The Finns are rugged individualists and very much to my liking — I would liken them to Alaskans in the USA. Finns seem to get through the long winter by entertaining themselves in some offbeat ways — there is a wife-carrying race, and a world air guitar championship, for example. Sauna is something of a social event, and the usual routine is this: Men and women go separately, and usually do not wear bathing suits or towels. Most people go to sauna in the altogether. Nobody cares about body image, because everyone does this. The hottest temps I have heard about from ordinary Finns is about 120 degrees Celsius. You have to work up to that, so if they know there is a newbie among them, they generally go easy on the temperature and the pouring of water on the hot rocks. Sometimes, they add essential oils to the water, which give off a pleasant smell. Sometimes, they beat each other with leafy birch branches, which also give off a nice smell. After about 10 minutes of sweating, everyone wraps in a towel and gets out. If there is a secluded outdoor area and the weather is nice, they sit outside. At this point, everyone drinks a cold beer or cider before heading back into the sauna for another 5 to 10 minutes, followed by a cool shower, which leaves you feeling fresh as a daisy. I found that, once I got used to being naked among friends, I rather enjoyed the ritual. Finnish houses are often designed with a large sauna room which contains not only the sauna, but often multiple shower heads. As I said, it’s a social event.
It has to be Fahrenheit. One-ten Centigrade is way above boiling point.
Not at all. I often visit a sauna that has a low humidity 110-115 °C. 10 to 15 minutes is OK. Air has a very low thermal conductivity. Heat up your oven to that temperature and stick your hand in it. No problem (without direct radiation from the heating elements!). Don't try it with water (high thermal conductivity) at that (hypothetical - above boiling) temperature though!!!
That contest was pretty stupid, and against what I'd consider 'sauna culture'.
No, I think it’s 110C. If it were 110F they would have held the event down here in South Texas in my back yard.