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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to People, the hospital weighed everyone and they were within the ride limits at a combined weight of 545 pounds. The maximum allowed was 550 so since they were near the upper limits the raft was probably traveling extra fast. http://www.people.com/article/caleb-schwab-did-not-meet-weight-requirement-water-slide[/quote] Interesting. Caleb looks like he couldn't be more than 100 lbs to me from the pictures. Even that is probably generous but I don't know. I doubt he is over 100 at 10 years old though as he doesn't look particularly big. I mean this in the least judgemental way possible but even being generous with his weight that would make the ladies on this ride pretty big. This would mean they are about the same size and actually a little bigger than my 6'3 DH. He's not particularly skinny, so? either I'm vastly underestimating Caleb's weight or I'm still a little skeptical. But I've wondered if there was some sort of "catch" somewhere along the track that with the weight distribution caused the displacement from the track. The other people who reported their raft going airborne enough to cause a park response were two adults with an 8 year old, a configuration that would have been similar to Caleb's raft (two larger adults offsetting a child sized person in the front). [/quote] In the article it gives the breakdown of how much each person weighs.[/quote]
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