What's the coldest and hottest temperatures can a man endure?

Answer 1

Since it depends on so many things--clothing, wind, humidity, sun vs. shade and especially, duration, I don't think anyone has ever figured it out. Plus, you can't really sacrifice human lives trying to get an answer. Obviously people do live in deserts where it regularly gets 120+ F or in the arctic/antarctic where it is often well below -50 F.

However, people stationed in Antarctica have what they call 300 and 200 clubs. To join the 200 club you must subject yourself to a 200 degree F temperature differential NAKED. So go in a hot sauna, then run outside on a cold night. Likewise for a 300 club--apparently they go from a 200 F sauna to -100 F outside (briefly!). I'm a bit skeptical of the 300 club, but here's a reference:

http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/culture/culture.htm

Another crazy thing people do is ultramarathons. There's one in California called Badwater which is a 135 mile race from Death Valley, CA (below sea level) to a point on Mt. Whitney at 8360 ft. This is in July, when temperatures in Death Valley are frequently in the 120s and of course the race is out in the open, so they are exposed to sun. People apparently start hallucinating during the race--it's almost expected. I had a friend who did this actually--pretty amazing.
Here's the official Badwater site:

http://www.badwater.com/

So I think the bottom line is that we can be exposed to pretty extreme temperatures--briefly. We can be exposed to less extreme temperatures for longer periods of time if we are properly equipped for it. Being acclimated, like the Badwater runners, helps for the heat, but I seem to remember we don't acclimate much to the cold.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

That would depend on many factors. Mankind survives from the Artic/Antartic to the Sahara dessert. With the proper food, shelter and equipment, they can survive most places. However exposed to the elements, with out protection, water or food, people cannot survive for long at tempratures below 4C or above 40C. In cold being exposed to wind, or getting wet, lowers the survival rate. And in the heat a lack of water will cause you to die much faster.

Answer 4

I will just try that with my husband. I will stick his feet in the oven and his head in the freezer and then I will get back to you.

Answer 5

it is totally up to your clothes.Inuits can live in -40C in Alaska with their special clothes.and arabs can live in 50C in deserts.but if you are naked,you can't endure under 10C and above 35C.