I Tried Kayaking To Work In New York City
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Can you kayak New York City's East River to get to work? Christian is about to find out. Special Thanks: Oru Kayak Zach Schwitzky Co-Founder & CEO, Limbik Inc. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/68140 Check out more awesome videos at BuzzFeedVideo! https://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedvideo GET MORE BUZZFEED: https://www.buzzfeed.com https://www.buzzfeed.com/videos https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedvideo https://www.youtube.com/asis https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedmultiplayer https://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedviolet https://www.youtube.com/perolike https://www.youtube.com/ladylike BuzzFeedVideo BuzzFeed’s flagship channel. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, always shareable. New videos posted daily! To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @buzzfeedvideo http://bit.ly/2JRRkKU Love BuzzFeed? Get the merch! BUY NOW: https://goo.gl/gQKF8m
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I like the idea
I wanna see more
I don’t like how abruptly the video ..
The end.
50. comment for I Tried Kayaking To Work In New York City
His kayak and paddle aren’t going to last too long if he does that every time he heads out...
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No wonder you didn't make it in time.
1) Despite the name, the East River isn't a river, it's a tidal estuary. This means that the current changes four times a day and he picked a time where he was paddling against the current.
2) Although his launch was smooth, he would have hit rougher waters once he got past the south end of Roosevelt Island because of ferry traffic. The NJ guys had it right by going at hours when the ferries weren't running. He ran a risk of capsizing if he ever made it that far and crossed over into the Manhattan side of the East River.
3) Not only is the water notoriously polluted in NYC, that specific cove is located near public housing that has been known to have sewage issues.
This video would have been more interesting if they took it seriously.
Another problem I totally missed the first time is the Ravenswood Generating Station. There's an unknown outlet pipe that randomly spews out water at high pressure under the station. This could also contribute to the strong northward current he was dealing with in the video.
Also, it turns out that the part of the Hudson River that runs through NYC is considered a tidal estuary as well, so maybe the Jersey guy got lucky with crossing perpendicular to the current. I'm just upset because I know it can be done.
He did ask the Jersey guy, who basically told him to just do it. Nothing about tides and such.
Either way, anyone with a concept of basic physics, as Vusstar tf said, can see he's an idiot when it comes to kayaking
Paddle right you go left.
If you need to be an expert to understand that then I'm the next Einstein.
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Do you even know what you are doing? You seem to be oblivous as how to steer on the water.
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