A fitness influencer in China has sparked an impassioned debate on social media after he used a helium balloon to lighten the weight of his backpack while on a hike. Pu, an influencer from Zhejiang, ...

Hiking uphill with a heavy backpack is hard work, and nothing can really prepare you for it except training. Unless you have access to a large balloon and a helium supply, that is. A Chinese social ...

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A 5-year-old British boy died after trying to climb into a life-size helium balloon shaped like a dinosaur, according to a coroner who called it “every parent’s nightmare.” Karlton Donaghey was given ...

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Michael Corcoran, a former captain for the Clinton Police Department Marine Control and avid fisherman, said that he often comes across floating debris in his boat from helium balloons that drift far ...