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alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski

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Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski

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alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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'He refilled the petrol on the ride': Chinese activist flees country on jet ski
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With five barrels of petrol, binoculars and a compass, Kwon Pyong navigates a jet ski more than 300 kilometres across the Yellow Sea from Shandong to Incheon.
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    I was going to ask how far that was. Jeez.

    Now I can ask how long did that take? *Googling says average jetski is 90 km/h, so about 3.5 hours, but he’s pulling 5 barrels.

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      300 kilometers for anyone not reading the article. He

      crossed the Yellow Sea on a 1,800cc jet ski from Shandong province, using binoculars and a compass to navigate and towing five barrels of fuel.

      I went in wondering how far a jetski could get you. Pretty impressive.

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        This could work as an ad for whatever company made that jetski

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          Look! It wasn’t in the shop for a whole 3.5 hours!

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          Its a Yamaha, the only brand of jet ski that could possibly go that far without breaking

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      That’s the top speed lol. I rented a jet ski once, 130bhp and it could do 70kmh. At that speed it’s super tiring lol

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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      At 60kph which a 1.8 litre jetski should be able to handle fine, that’s 5 hours minimum. Considering he would have had to stop for gas and stretch his legs, add a few hours extra.

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        towing five barrels would slow that to a crawl methinks

      • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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        Hopefully the coffee is better in the sea than it is at truck stops.

        I wonder how long it would take to cross larger bodies of water, and how many barrels you’d need to tow.

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    Goddam, based on his previous actions he clearly had the balls to do it, but still, that’s pretty nuts!! Lol

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      I hope the sea wasn’t too choppy for him

      when I rode through thunderstorm last time it kept hitting my balls.

      Had to stand up lol.

      Next day it felt like somebody gave me cock and ball torture or sth 🤣🤣

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      The weight of his balls slowed him down a fair bit…

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    Guess you could say he … jetskedaddled.

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    Modern problems require modern solutions.

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    His escape filmed: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6XwvmalkSJE

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