An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/25/us/bubble-man-rescue/index.html
I see from his Wikipedia page that trying to run across the ocean in a bubble is kinda his thing, but seriously, the only "successful" trip he's apparently made so far is a 30 mile one from Newport Beach, CA to Catalina Island. He needs to island-hop from Florida to the Bahamas to the Antilles or something instead of trying to YOLO straight from a 30-mile trip to a 1,000-one. And he needs to quit skipping out on having a support boat.
would you not just bake inside that thing?
The article quotes him saying it can get to 120F in that thing. No thank you.
That's 49° for the rest of us.
Or 322 kelvins for all the Kelvins out there
Or 560°R (Rankine, the Fahrenheit-based alternative to Kelvin).
0°R = 0K
But seriously though, who the Hell has ever used Rankine? The SI system of measurement is older than the discovery of absolute zero, so there was never a reason for that bastard unit of measurement to exist in the first place, except to be a contrarian asshole.
The story didn’t mention him bringing edibles
It seems like it might be... implied? :-P
coast guard should fine him for littering the sea with plastic garbage. If he wants to die in the ocean he should do it like everyone else
Sorry, how does everyone else die in the ocean?
Being seduced by sirens of course.
Congratulations! You are being rescued. Please do not resist.
This sounds like it could be a fun experience for a day, weather permitting. More than that is insanity.
My first thought: chilling in the bubble ... "I need to shit. Oh, oh no. Oh fuck me, no."
does he shit inside it??
I imagine there must be an opening to let air in sometimes.
He probably shits out the hole he fishes through.
In all my years in the industry I’ve learned to follow this simple rule: never shit out the hole you fish through.
He should do it again if he managed to raise $144k for charity!
I mean that's how much was spent on his rescue...
how on earth do you spend 144k to tow some air bubble back to the coast?
Salaries for the entire crew of a Coast Guard cutter (100+ people) for however long it took to find and retrieve him would be a big-ticket item. Plus all the fuel and other operational costs for the cutter, along with the same for a C-130 search plane, MH-60 rescue helicopter, and whatever other stuff they used.
Hiring a boat, a chopper or two and supporting a healthy military industrial complex.
Let the boy run across the ocean in a bubble!
https://media.tenor.com/VAbJK26NHWoAAAAM/chrisfarley-chris.gif
That hammock in the middle of that bubble... That sounds like an amazing nights sleep.
Love the bit where taxpayers are footing the bill to save him.
No one is "saving" him. The Coast Guard has repeatedly and unilaterally decided to hassle this guy every time he puts to sea over red tape and other trivial shit. The word you're searching for is actually "harassing." He did not ask to be rescued and never indicated he was in distress.
Until the moment when they find some dead dude in a giant bubble and now the coast guard is liable for his death.
Why would they be? If he wants to wash up dead in a bubble, that's his business.
Tbf, I have no idea whether coast guard would actually be liable. However, one of the coast guards’ responsibilities is rescue, so I would think if they willingly and intentionally ignored someone in obvious danger (this is very obviously dangerous), they would need to take some responsibility for anything going wrong? And I can’t blame them for not wanting to take the risk?
Even if the man sent a clear “no distress” signal, they have no idea if the man is having a mental crisis, or what other circumstances are. Even if they did know all the background information and know for 100% this dude is not in distress (again, he is in danger…I think we can all agree on that?), would you want to be the guy that made the call not to rescue him, then find out he died because of that?
I say rescue him so he doesn’t die of idiocy, and then fine him for the rescue efforts to deter future behavior?
Let’s fine everyone who goes skydiving, who are to decide what’s safe or not?
People die at sea all the time, no one is liable for their deaths
Wow the comment section does not reinforce the very little faith I have left in humanity .
Yeah seriously. People saying “just leave him”, like for real? The dude is in obvious danger…he’s a fucking idiot, and maybe should be fined for the rescue effort, but good lord you can’t just leave him in such a high risk situation like that. He doesn’t deserve to die for this like c’mon
We let people skydive, base dive, and tight rope walk without safety gear. People can go caving, who is it to decide what is and isn’t dangerous than someone’s own self?
People need to get their heads out of their asses and let people live their own lives.
Those are all highly regulated and require an absurd amount of training, safety equipment, etc. When people skydive, base jump, etc, the authorities are aware and prepared should anything go wrong.
I think it’s unfair to make a comparison between a random dumbass endangering himself and a highly regulated extreme sport.
Uhh no, I can go buy a parachute and go base dive tomorrow.
Give your head a shake, think a little further than your own nose.
Especially a terrible death like that. Stranded at sea is a terrible way to die as you have mo chelter from the sun and dehydrate to death over a couple days. And chances are that there are as many fish around you as birds. The open ocean is essentially a desert with no water to drink, no food to eat, and no shelter from the sun.
Is this really a rescue? Is there anything inherently dangerous about going out to sea in an enclosed bubble with rations?
If you have any clue how big an ocean is, then yes, it’s a rescue from absolute stupidity. And from starvation, sun burn, dehydration. But mostly from stupidity.
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