christ alive that's a low head dam, those things have a feature at the bottom called a "drowning machine" DO NOT DO THIS
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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There is a great Practical Engineering video that explains this risk for anyone who is curious.
Crossing that dam was definitely a bad move.
Darwin award candidate
Praise the camera person.
Some people have no ability to do a risk/reward analysis. The magnitude of the potential bad thing in this case is so, so much larger than the potential good thing.
Probably got the strava KOM on that segment though
Not smart. He could have easily died.
Algae is slippery AF
Do bikes float, or sink right away?
Sinks like a rock. That was the least of this guy's worries, though.
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