Wim Hof Breathwork for Climbing Mountains | Also: How to Cure Altitude Headaches 

Wim Hof is a hero to many. He inspired me to set up the Breath Power RU-vid channel.

Credible yet incredible. Great book. Great story. Thanks for bringing a scientific discipline and narrative drive to the Wim Hof story. He's a great man.

Thanks for making this video Scott. Loved "What Doesn't Kill Us"; just subscribed to the channel!

That's wild, what a trip that must have been,,thanks for taking the time to share all this,five years ago when I found the method I watched every interview I could find of wim and if one takes the time he reveals little bits of practice tricks ,dudes a character for sure,

06:33 With the power of your mind rather than the passivity of a pill 11:21 DMT breathing

That intrathoracic pressure squeeze may gives us the same benefits as the Valsalva maneuver. It creates more room for your heart to beat easier, relaxes cerebral blood flow, and pushes blood to your extremities. It's magic sauce!

Focus in place, neurotransmitters in place,... We got a plan! 😂 Thankfully Wim seems to be a competent mad man!

Just finished reading your book "what doesn't kill us". Repeat reading the Kilimanjaro chapter. Probably will repeat read a few others as well. Apart from you doing a few wild and crazy things I really like your writing style. Keep it going 👍

Hey man, just saw you linked this from /becomingtheiceman! Really great story+techniques and I'm looking forward to checking out more of your stuff and your book too

Mansplaining at its best

Absolute maniacs! Good luck

Would be great to hear about your experience with ayahuasca Scott 🙏🏻💚

For the night time breathing could you have used CPAP machines? (I know that's probably not super practical but it was what first came to mind)

Thanks Scott!

"Headaches inevitably spring up"? No, they do not, only if you go too high too fast. I have been about 25 times at over 5000m (including Kili) and couple of times at over 6000m (including Aconcagua) and never had a headache. If you get a headache you either have HAPE or are getting it.

11:44 DMT Breathing Instructions

Hi Scott, thank you very much for your video. I have been practicing the method since 2020. In 10 days I travel to Aconcagua. Do you recommend that I only take deep breaths at altitude or also that after 30 or 40 breaths I exhale and I am left without breathing for 1 or 2 minutes? Thank you very much again

Yep, it is truth. I almost pass out 😆 fun hahah also left me with tinnitus for a couple of minutes 😱 I had to experience that 🙃

Hey Scott. Loved the book! Thanks for posting this video. Question: I tried the breathing technique you described during a CrossFit workout and almost passed out. Now I know why! But it sure gave me lots of energy and endurance. Do you think it’s a good idea to do this before intense workouts?

@sgcarney cool video! I love when you expanded on what Wim said. So much, I decided to ask you a question: I've been in and out of Wim's method for a while now and maybe you can help me regain interest in it. In short/TLDR: do you have any opinions/suggestions on how to use the method in real life? Long version: A lot of the feats/benefits that are discussed when talking about Wim are physical and most of them artificially created: purposefully not using a jacket, when you could have. Withstanding cold temperatures that you need to seek out and put yourself in (I've looked at large freezers myself). I was wondering what your experience has been with using it for non-artificial/real situations. Day to day of a normal person, let's say. Let's say we have 2 subjects: 1) an athlete (MMA fighter for example) 2) an analyst at a bank. How can the program be used for these folks above? I know Overeem (MMA) has trained with Wim before. I wish I knew more about the takeaways of this experience. Most of people's lives are comparable to the analyst at a bank. It's not flashy. I was wondering how one can use it to focus more on non-artificial/real situations. I consider climbing a mountain an artificial situation as far as day-to-day goes and I hope you do too. I don't do that on a daily basis but have done it a couple of times before. While I love that folks can do these physical feats and somehow come out alive, in my much boring day to day I don't really know how to leverage the method. Are the day-to-day benefits just side effects such as maybe being more calm when facing an issue at work for example. Maybe knowing that you CAN climb a mountain impacts your day to day? In your situation as a writer/content producer, you likely do a lot of work. Does Wim's method help you in any way? Clearly, it gave you something to write about, which is great! But other than that, could you share some insight on how it helps? I've asked this question in the Facebook group, the community section of the program itself (where you log in and see the courses) and never got a straight answer. I'm only asking you here because you seem to have been able to decode/translate a lot of the value Wim gives. My specific use case is getting higher mental output (increased focus would be great) would be great. I hope this comes across in the right way. I do think there are benefits from the method and I think it is ME the one that can't put it to use in more boring/normal things in life.

Man, you just came so right in time. In the past i did 2 trekking above 4000m and the 2 times my headaches were terrible and had heart rate of 120 while sitting, even with acclimation and slow progress. This July i will go to Huayhuash in Peru to do another 4000m, but with less time to acclimate. A few weeks ago i re-started the breathing session and re-reading the WDKU for these kind of tips. I am honestly a litte bit afraid, so I am trying everything I can. One question: while walking on the mountain, you breath normally and only do those hard breathing every 30 minutes if necessary, or you maintain a deep breath all the trekking? Thanks! Regards from Argentina!

Read the book but great to get some visuals

Super cool info! I always get altitude headaches at 9000 feet so I'll try this next time I'm there. I'm still trying to incorporate the breathwork. It usually hurts my nose. Any suggestions?

Praise the LORD for giving us the breath of life!

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