It's no secret that by the time we reach college-age, many of us are in the latter part of the stage where we're testing and then finding our limits.
For some, this involves seeing what they can put into their bodies before those bodies make them regret it the next morning. In my case, I learned the limits of my procrastination when I didn't sleep for three nights straight so I could finish assignments due on consecutive days.
But while those are fairly common ways that students may accidentally punish themselves, it seems that one pair was in the process of finding out how far they could push their imaginations when they took one incredibly ill-advised boat trip.