Uhhhhh...... so they carried 23kg of "guncotton" all they way there, along with all of their food, water, and equipment for the entire trip? Between 3 people? To last for months?
@Nk9bjP4A well supposing they each eat 2 lbs of food and drink 4 lbs of water per day and theyre carrying a 3-month supply of each, thats only 540 lbs per person. I dont see the problem are you some sort of wimp
Why would they stood right in front of the opening of the explosion, what about shrapnel! or what about a cave in that would make a new current swallowing them up.
@doomroar
in the novel, it's explained that they actually planned to go as far as possible into the sea
copying the book:
"I begged for the honour of lighting the fuse. This duty done, I was to join my companions on the raft, which had not yet been unloaded; we should then push off as far as we could and avoid the dangers arising from the explosion, the effects of which were not likely to be confined to the rock itself. "