Israeli tries to break David Blaine record for sitting in block of ice
Hezi Dayan aims to spend 64 hours in block of ice in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.
By News Agencies Tags: Israel news Tel AvivDisplaying - for lack of any alternative - extremely cool nerves, an Israeli man is trying to break the record for the amount of time spent in a block of ice.
Hezi Dayan is attempting to spend 64 hours inside an eight-ton block of ice, beating the record set by fellow magician David Blaine, who spent almost 62 ice-encased hours in New York's Times Square in November 2000.
Dayan is holding his record-setting attempt inside a block of ice set up on a special podium in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. He plans to emerge on Thursday night - in time for the New Year.
Several hours after his ordeal began, all that could be seen of Dayan through the ice was a pair of eyes staring at the curious spectators standing in the drizzle and rain.
"My aim," Dayan said Monday, "is that at two or three in the morning, people on their way home from a night out will say, 'come, let's go to the square and see if that looney is in his ice.'"
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Illusionist Hezi Dayan looks through a wall of ice during his record-breaking attempt in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. |
| Photo by: (Getty) |
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in other words: what a useless exercise. He could have made a statement: this is the state of the world, let's defrost our lives, our souls, our attitude towards the others (about 7 billion)
is to spend more than a day in Gaza, not sitting in a block of Ice, we do that here everyday!
Next it will be necessary to break the great Shipwreck Kelly's record for flagpole sitting.
I think it's great. We could use a little levity in this region . As for the other talkback critics...lighten up.
...he should try this in Europe in winter.
yep, I hope when he comes out of this ice cube