Five fishermen who survived 55 days adrift by drinking rain and parboiling passing fish arrive in Galapagos

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shame there’s not more information on what they had with them.

  I assume their boat was barely sea-worthy to start with but they probably left port with the expectation of staying at sea for several days at least. They also obviously had the gear to catch and cook fish.

  It’s a big deal, and a life threatening situation, but not an epic feat of survival.

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  • felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I really want to know more about the parboiled fish. Like… how? Why just parboil?

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah who knows. It might have been a translation issue. They might have had very rudimentary cooking stuff so maybe the best they could do was to boil it for a couple of minutes.

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Saving fuel, perhaps. Or maybe they used a solar cooker. Jerry rigged even. Boiling water is hard but heating it to fish-safe temperature would be much easier.

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  • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Article said they were drinking rusted water whatever that means. Safe to assume they didn’t have shit

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I guess they drained some water from the radiator on the engine.

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    55 days is a lot though if you were only prepared for a few. Plus the fear must have been nuts.

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah. That’s kind of what I was saying. It’s a big deal and a life threatening situation but it’s nothing compared to the oceanic survival hall of fame.

      Bligh’s voyage after the mutiny of the bounty is kind of the feat by which others are measured:

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty#Bligh'…

      Navigation by dead reckoning, no supplies, hostile natives et cetera.

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• jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They almost had justice. Shame they lived.

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  • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re just fishemen. What’s your fucking problem?

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    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re fishermen. They’re murderers.

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