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Late cruise ship passenger wins Darwin Award nomination [1]

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Date: 2025-05-27

When most people are too late to hop aboard their means of transportation, they typically have to accept the fact that their plane, train, or in this case, a cruise ship, is going to leave without them. The gentleman in this video wasn't going to give up without a fight, though. When a cruise ship closed its doors and ended boarding, a light bulb went off in this man's head.

"The rope!" he thought. "I'll just climb the long rope that connects the ship to the dock like a sloth and then see what happens". As a crowd of people gasped in amazement while this man let his intrusive thoughts become a reality. Law enforcement was already on its way.

The gentleman's hopes and dreams were shattered when the rope was loosened, sending him right into a police boat, where angry officers waited for him. Although he got in trouble, I feel he should be given some type of recognition for the effort he put into climbing that rope with such vigor. I really would like to know his plan for actually climbing over the ledge of the ship (I have a slight feeling that he didn't have one).



See also: Ocean swimming as meditation

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