How can people walk over hot coals without burning their feet?

[Reephdweller]

How do people do this? I always wondered this.

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[walking joint]

it's a good question, but i still have to figure out how TVs and radios work first. this has stumped me for years now.

[irishkb]

they burn their feet every time. if you are talking about the typic eastern indian. the get burned every time it is just the are used to it and their feet build up layers of calus dead skin.

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[bboxer]

i read that its not really hot on the skin


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[McNabbShouldDie]

wtf...

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[HordeKing1]

I've read that it's a combination of a type of coal that burns with a relatively low surface temperature and highly calloused feet. I also seem to recall that as long as they keep walking they don't have problems, but if they stop they can get badly hurt.

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[turtle553]

One theory is that the blood flowing through your feet will prevent the burning if you move quick enough. This is the same reason you can boil water in a paper cup. The water or blood in this case keeps the temperature below the burning point.