[olezip]

The event, which has been running since 1999, requires participants to withstand 110C for as long as possible.

We all know that 100 deg C is the boiling point for water, and is equal to 212 deg F. So 230 deg F (110C) is beyond scalding water. How do these people keep from being steamed like a lobster?

[deport]

How do these people keep from being steamed like a lobster?

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They do get burnt, blistered etc.... Read the article I linked just above your post.... It gives an interesting first person account of the event and what it’s like.

[Erasmus]

Well, they would die if immersed in boiling water for more than a few seconds; either quickly due to cardiac failure, or more slowly in the burn unit.

But they're not in the water, they're in air of that temperature, which transfers the heat, unsurvivable in the long term, into their bodies very much more slowly than if immersed in water.