Fool!
(but this will get him TV appearances and possibly a book and movie deal)>
Posted on 09/11/2017 7:58:14 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A Brit has become the first person to swim across the US's Hoover Dam
He escaped being dragged under during his 30-minute swim only because nine of its ten hydroelectric turbines were off.
Arron, 28, said: “It was so hot that as soon as we arrived I jumped in.
“Then I just thought, ‘Why not keep going?’
“I was sucked towards the wall and had to swim hard. At the other side I was exhausted. Then I heard police shout.”
The Hoover Dam, on the border of Arizona and Nevada, provides water and electricity for Las Vegas — but 275 people have died there in a decade.
But in the middle of a 37-hour booze bender, superhuman Arron, who fittingly has a Superman tattoo on his arm, paddled his way into the history books.
Forklift driver Arron, of Ruthin, North Wales, was handcuffed and fined £250.
The feat took him from Nevada to Arizona and took around half an hour
“I would say I was swimming about 50 to 100 metres from the wall of the dam and at one point I felt myself getting sucked towards it and had to swim away quite hard.
“When I got to the other side I was exhausted and had to sit down on the rocks. That was when I heard the police shouting ‘Oi, come here lad.’
“I was handcuffed and taken back to their office at the dam."
Cops watched in horror as Arron crossed the reservoir behind the iconic American structure – hailing him “the luckiest man alive”.
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DAM STUPID Idiot stag-do Brit arrested after becoming first person to survive swim over Hoover Dam’s deadly turbines
BS headline. He swam over ONE turbine. NINE were off. No plural.
Lucky man, dodged the Darwin bullet.
But did he get it on YouTube?
The Stupefying One-Hit Wonder Parade....
Larry Walters lived 11 more years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
Marshall Ledbetter, 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Ledbetter
Is there ever a day that goes by when a drunken British tourist doesn’t do something stupid and embarrassing?
Do they recover anything when the bodies do get sucked through the turbines? I mean, is there a filter or anything to catch parts of the carcass? It seems like it would be a gooie mess spilled into the river on the other side. I suppose it would be sufficiently diluted and make good feed for wildlife.
good pictures of the dam at the site
Maybe the cop’s name was Bobby.
I see what you did there.
If sucked in he would most likely drown but I suspect they have some sort of screen to block large items (like tree branches or stray animals) from actually reaching the turbines
The volume of water flowing through there when the turbines are on is enormous. You probably wouldn't even see a red stain. The fish downstream would like it just fine, though ...
Got to say I’ve taken a few damn good pictures of that damn but, no damn way I’d ever swim that Reservoir.
Pretty damn stupid but, but Darwin will get his damn ass one day
“Oi, come here lad”
“Somehow I don’t think that is precisely what the police were shouting.... doesn’t sound like American idiom!”
If by “Oi, come here lad,” he meant “hey, come here, you stupid son of a b!tch!” then, maybe he’d be right.
Would have been a shame if he got sucked into a turbine. You can damage a blade that way...
Fool!
(but this will get him TV appearances and possibly a book and movie deal)>
Now he'll make the talk show rounds.
The turbines themselves are under the powerhouse. Looks like he swam near the intake(s). Yes, he is dam lucky to be alive.
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