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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, posted a video of himself on Chinese social media platform Douyin showing a white helium balloon on his bag.
“I am carrying the bag but I do not feel its weight at all because of the balloon,” he said, according to the South China Morning Post. “I feel something is dragging me upwards. This should be the way most suitable for lazy men to climb mountains.”
Pu said he had seen another influencer use a balloon to make a bag float in the air, and he opted to use helium instead of hydrogen since it’s …