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2023.05.01 18:19 GMT+8

Bulgarian extreme athlete shuts himself in glass box to help addicts

Updated 2023.05.01 18:19 GMT+8
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Bulgarian ultra-marathon runner Krasse Gueorguiev will live in a glass box for 15 days in a park in Sofia – to raise money to help young people fight addictions.

Gueorguiev, a motivational speaker and charity ambassador, has run some 30 ultra-marathons worldwide, from the Arctic to Cambodia, as well as a 217-kilometer race in California's Death Valley.

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"I want to challenge myself," Gueorguiev said. "I want to show when you put someone in the box how psychologically they change."

The funds raised will be used for various projects to prevent addictions among children under 18, including drugs, alcohol, digital media and energy drinks.

A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. Gueorguiev, who began his experiment on Sunday, will have a bed and a treadmill but no access to books, a computer or phone, only speaking to members of the public for 30 minutes every day.

Gueorguiev's box is on a pedestal in a Sofia square. /Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

"This is not a physical experiment – it is a psychological experiment," he said.

In 2019 Gueorguiev ran 1,200 kilometers through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania to urge governments to build better infrastructure to connect people.

In 2003, American illusionist David Blaine spent 44 days sealed in a transparent box suspended over the bank of the River Thames in London with only water to drink, in a stunt criticized by media and the public at the time.

 

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Source(s): Reuters
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