Man Plans to Travel in Ocean Bubble from Florida to Puerto Rico
28 Apr 2016A man in Florida has been busy building a very unusual vessel.
The vessel, which looks like nothing anybody has ever seen before, resembles a Ferris wheel in the ocean, and when it is viewed up-close, it is actually quite difficult to determine exactly what the vessel is.
Reza Baluchi is the man behind the so-called “ocean bubble.” Baluchi refers to his creation as a Hydro Pod, and he plans to use it to travel from Pompano Beach, Florida to Bermuda, Haiti, Cuba and Puerto Rico. The first leg of his journey is an estimated 1,033 miles long.
According to Baluchi, “Mind is power. It’s 85 percent your mind. Anything you can do.”
An expedition like this is nothing new to Baluchi, who is an endurance athlete. In the past, he has spent – and survived – weeks in Death Valley, biked across six continents and has run the perimeter of the United States.
In 2014, Baluchi attempted to “run” across the sea in a bubble that was similar to the one he recently constructed. However, despite his efforts and his desire to successfully “run” across the water, the journey was curtailed when a distress signal was sent out by the Coast Guard and he was forced to end his trip before it was completed.
Baluchi, who keeps a positive outlook on things, said that the Coast Guard burst his bubble when they sent out the distress signal on his last attempt. For this trip, he says that he is going to put up signs that say, “Please don’t burst my bubble.”
Baluchi has been working on the Hydro Pod for the past few years, trying to perfect it. Each side of the pod consists of 36 bouncy balls. He will be wearing a life jacket that is outfitted with a water filter, a GPS tracking device, as well, of course, a shark repellent.
In order to survive the voyage, Baluchi filled backpacks with endurance bars, gum that prevents seasickness, and he tied bottles of Gatorade with pantyhose to the Hydro Pod.
Baluchi’s effort is not a selfish one; his goal is to raise money for children in need and he hopes to be able to complete such a journey in every country on the planet.
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