http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/04/us/ocean-bubble-rescue/index.html
he had to be rescued by the coast guard due to the gulf stream
he had to be rescued by the coast guard due to the gulf stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFqiuWHN2Mo noble effort
What happens when you're bored and have too much money and don't know what to do..
His freakin team of "engineers" are apparently not smart enough to factor in force of the gulf stream.
This is a wtf story.
If you can run 70 miles across the water in a hamster ball, I'm getting a hamster ball.
Ultras seems to attract whackos like this. Rather than just worrying about running faster they just invent new stunts to waste time on, and crow about.
"I ran the Boston marathon.... then turned around and ran BACK."
"I ran through Death Valley... in the Summer!"
"I ran across the Sahara Dessert"
"I ran across the USA!"
How does one pee/poop in a hamster ball?
This guy is a complete idiot. How do you not consider gulf stream? How do you think you're going to catch fish to eat when you're delirious from running in a 120 degree bubble all day? When he refused to stop after the Coast Guard asked him to, they should've just let him stay out there. He's not even a particularly accomplished ultrarunner. He was almost double the speed of the winner when he "conquered" Badwater. He's just another idiot that thinks he's special when he's doing nothing remotely extraordinary. Oh, and by the way, Dean Karnazes had this bubble idea years ago, so Reza ought to stop claiming that he came up with it. What a loser.
id take a dump in the bubble. that way he'd have to smell it the whole way
Don't know about you guys, but the fact that he ran 70 miles before quitting is amazing in itself...that's almost 3 marathons back to back.
But just one thing, how on earth does he have a gut hanging out when he's doing extreme distances like this? Wouldnt the calories just melt off most of the fat?
woodbridgeclassix wrote:
Don't know about you guys, but the fact that he ran 70 miles before quitting is amazing in itself...that's almost 3 marathons back to back.
That is not running. It's more like a semi-vertical crawling action.
ataglance wrote:
Ultras seems to attract whackos like this. Rather than just worrying about running faster they just invent new stunts to waste time on, and crow about.
"I ran the Boston marathon.... then turned around and ran BACK."
"I ran through Death Valley... in the Summer!"
"I ran across the Sahara Dessert"
"I ran across the USA!"
Instead of doing what you feel he should do, he did something he wanted to do. The horror.
This is one of the reasons I'm offended by the P90x and "insanity." Not only because they are stupid gimmicks and offensive socially charged term, but they are misleading. When Insanity DVDs ship, they should show video of workouts instructed by THIS guy. "ok everyone all aboard your pods and lets head for the great ocean!"
The story would be the same with any somatically powered vehicle (from human mechanical force--pedaling, rowing). It's going to take a lot more than the energy produced by a single person to navigate the surface waters of an ocean.
I hope he gets his mailing address, email and social media bombarded with lessons from Physicists and Meteorologists/Oceanographers
Nonetheless, I think he's an interesting guy and what he is doing is interesting, if not complete and somewhat inadequate (the philosophy, the goals, the web design, etc.).
Bad Wigins wrote:
If you can run 70 miles across the water in a hamster ball, I'm getting a hamster ball.
Yes, that's incredible that it can achieve that much, under certain parameters. "Certain parameters." Guy should have some support staff, contingencies, tests and think things out.
Focus on what those limits and parameters are.
I mean, BERMUDA!!! This is a joke. First thing I think of (i.e. my conception of Bermuda for a number of years) when I think of Bermuda are
lavish vacations/off-shore-banking checkups
...with the chance of being stranded (on the islands) in the middle of the damn ocean by a storm system!
And this guy thinks he's going to waltz across the ocean to Bermuda in a pod?
There's some hope and interesting potential in the gist of the various things he's been doing, but the guy and his team need to get more focused and specific, rather than randomly trying some huge endeavour.
He also started on the wrong side of Florida, which in itself made the trip pretty well impossible.
Did he not even factor in that this was the Bermuda Triangle?
He's lucky he wasn't abducted by aliens and probed.
Fun and harmless.
He should pay the full Coast Guard bill, though, if he WANTED to be "rescued". If not, they should have just left him alone.