FYI, this is dangerous. That sand is not reinforced and not stable. This can lead to sand hole collapse which kills several people annually.
As far as I know holes in the sand kill more people annually than sharks.
From what I understand, kids form a high proportion of those deaths, sadly.
They are also more likely to think “hey let’s dig a giant hole and jump in!” and then follow through.
In other words kids are uniquely susceptible because they are the ones actually doing the dangerous thing, not because sand hole collapse is more dangerous for kids (aside from it taking a smaller hole to drown a kid).
not because sand hole collapse is more dangerous for kids
I kinda suspect it is, though. They naturally have less life experience and aren’t considering the consequences of things as much as adults. Also, they might stumble upon a pre-existing hole that adults / older kids made and quickly find themselves out of their depths, so to speak. You know, like Donnie, who loved bowling.
Mostly Germans.
All of these comments about the danger of the hole are correct; Practical Engineering even did a video about it.
The hole situation looks super dicey.
Don’t do that.
