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August 7th, 2007

Heated rivalry: a fight to the Finnish

Posted by: Robert Basler
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sauna21.jpgYa know what they say, Blog Guy. It’s not so much the heat, as the humidity. That’s true, isn’t it?

No, sometimes it’s really the heat. Like in Finland, where they have this sauna competition. Indeed, a number of clichés come to mind here: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the sauna, and Never let ‘em see you sweat.

But here’s the thing. Our video report mentions temperatures of 110 degrees Celsius. Now, here’s some advice to pass along to your children: if you’re ever anyplace where the temperature sounds obscene no matter whether it’s Celsius or Fahrenheit, maybe you should leave.

Basmah Fahim reports:

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9 comments so far

I get a link to ‘hot chicks’ and it brings me here?

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Don’t fart. At those temperatures, it might ignite and kill everybody inside.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Ironically, I was never a fan of weenie roasts.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

The cool customer who won only had icewater running through his veins for the first two minutes.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

I’ve never seen a sauna contest.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Yes, but it’s a naked heat.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Well, I like my sauna a bit less warm, like around 80-90 C but then I am able to stay there for 20-30 minutes.

- Posted by Jenni Rauhala

Apparently Finns don’t need to cook their meals; they just eat their food raw and let the sauna do the trick.

(Seriously? 110C? That’s 10 degrees above the boiling point of water!)

- Posted by Charlene

This is we call sauna in finland “Reilu meininki”
and that is a hell of the good thing to get the bad spirit out of there, of the heart

- Posted by Pohtola

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