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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

christ alive that's a low head dam, those things have a feature at the bottom called a "drowning machine" DO NOT DO THIS

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is a great Practical Engineering video that explains this risk for anyone who is curious.

Crossing that dam was definitely a bad move.