“I had to stop because my hands got really cold and I thought, ‘Have I got Raynaud’s Disease? Have I got problems with circulation?'”
In a bid to find the root cause of his problem, Evans reached out to extreme athlete Dutchman Whim Hof, also known as The Iceman.
Famed for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures, Hof has set Guinness world records for swimming under ice and for prolonged full-body contact with ice. Currently, he still holds the record for a barefoot half-marathon on ice and snow.
“Your body, because it’s dead clever, says, ‘I can, if I have to, survive without any hands for the rest of my life but I can’t survive without my heart, my lungs, my kidneys, my liver and my brain and that is the golden triangle,” Evans explained after talking to Hof.
