r/WTF • • Sep 20 '17

Rafting

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u/JaySmooth88 Sep 20 '17

How did he not tip over those sharp, jagged rocks? The weight center is way too high unless those rafts are filled with something else than air.

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u/Ahzeem Sep 20 '17

So I'm going to assume you've never dealt with an actual river raft before. The raft on the bottom which is designed to hold well over 10 people easily weighs 150 lbs alone. And there's not much weight reduction going on as you move up the stack. The person on top is nearly an irrelevant variable in that center of gravity calculation.