They are a poor family. They have 7 kids and the mom is pregnant with their 8th. The money for the trips have come from advertising sponsors. They do not have a lot of money and they do have a lot of mouths to feed.
Really? You aren't pulling my leg?
If you're correct, this is a bit like the reality show wannabee family who claimed their kid had gone off in that balloon.
It would take a special kind of entrepreneurial con talent to do what you're saying they've done. I guess I'd have to respect that, in a weird sort of way.
Yes, I remember growing up near the ocean and frolicking on the high seas with other poor families in boats like this one:
/sarchasim
They will have one less mouth to feed if they keep encouraging dangerous stunts like this.