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Just another day for the Coast Guard (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/funny

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[–] grue 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, this guy is pretty crazy, but he's not really outside the realm of what other people trying to break records are doing. He's just has slightly less well-engineered equipment than most.

For example, here's a guy who tried to break the record for smallest sailboat crossing the Atlantic recently:

Here's one designed to circumnavigate the world:

This woman rowed across the Atlantic by herself (not the first, either, but apparently the youngest):

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

These attempters should hang out for a few hours, have a Dark 'n Stormy in some dive and compare notes. It might save lives. "Hey, you crave attention AND extreme danger to distract you from feeling so alone in a crowd? Me, too!"