Liquid Mountaineering

According to this recentish set of viral videos now you too can walk on water, just like Jesus!.



Its called liquid mountaineering, basically, as these videos try to convince you walking on water is easy as gaining the right speed and angle. Even though this seems extremely impossible the people behind the videos stick to their word that this is legit. Now there are multiple videos of other people from around the world, apparently not associated with the original video, taking part in the sport.

They even give a reason behind why it works. “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 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”

Although now looking back on it I can tell it may not be that real (I’m assuming it’s the product of the shoe company HI-TEC which all the ‘athletes’ are wearing) at first I was unsure about its credibility. This is a fantastic way for small companies with little money to make a big splash with advertisement. The budget for each video is not that much as materials needed would be little. This video even showed up on ESPN . That’s instant free nation wide advertisement, without the big budget.