ABC has been describing David Blaine’s latest stunt as something of a supernatural experiement of sorts. David Blaine himself ackonowledged that scientists and doctors were curious as to exactly how long humans could hand upside down. David Blaine decided 60 hours would be sufficient enough time to push the limits of his body and provide doctors with data they could use. One problem: most of the world believed he’d be hanging upside down for 60 hours consecutively. Well, that’s hardly the case. Vanessa Jimenez from EW explains.

When I got there, Blaine was taking a break. His was thirsty. And it was time for the doctors on hand to check his vital signs. So there he was: standing upright, drinking bottled water. There was no diving and no death (though the former, which is supposed to be some sort of 44-foot plunge, is to take place tomorrow). One guy on his lunch break said to his friend, “Dude gets water breaks?” while another man nearby quipped, “It doesn’t count [if he isn’t doing it continuously]. I could do that.”

Word up. We’ve got a proposition. A stunt that wouldn’t necessarily impress us, but have us pay some attention. Take a trek from Central Mexico towards Narco country, towards the US and walk through the deserts for a few days without water, dodging Minutemen and surviving. We don’t think he’d make it.

David Blaine’s Dive of Death: I don’t get it [EW]
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