Liquid Mountaineering
There is a new sport created by some people, in which basically a person runs on the surface of water. It may sound absolutely impossible but it’s true. The sport is called Liquid Mountaineering. There are some historical statements that suggest that this sport was created by the Greek, but now it is recreated and it’s one of the most impossible looking activities that anyone has seen.
The sport is all about running on water. Science tells us that with the right angle and speed anything can bounce off the surface of water for some time before it sinks. The perfect example is of a rock that when thrown with the right amount of speed, spin and angle, it starts bouncing on water and touches the surface many times before sinking. If we could follow the same set of rules that enable the rock to bounce, we can bounce too.
The things necessary for liquid mountaineering are; good quality rubber running shoes, preferably winter season, a cold lake, and a good entry point to the lake. All you have to do is start running towards the bank of the lake and keep running with top speed placing every step at such an angle that instead of thumping on water with the whole foot at once, the foot should skim the surface from the heel to the toes. The process could be perfected only with practice, but it definitely is possible to take 3, 4 or more steps on the surface before sinking.
So that's what it is. I stumbled upon a video today and it seemed pretty amazing. Tried Googling the subject, but the sport is relatively new so there isn't too much info about it, and ESPN are claiming the video I watched is a fake. Regardless, the sport does exist, a lot of people have tried it and achieved varied results, and I'm going to give it my all this summer. We have a really shallow coastline by the summer place so I think I could throw together a video from the side where I'm just walking on the surface beneath the water and make it look like I'm walking above it. Running, I mean, would look pretty stupid walking.
Really though, I might make the video, but I'm going to give real running on water a try as well. Thought about taping thin boards of wood to my feet and seeing how that goes. If the edges don't dig into the water, trip me or slide away too quickly, hmm, maybe something else will happen, hehe. Looking forward to it.