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A 1,500 lb. Pumpkin and a Dream | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson

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A Harvard student had finally achieved his longtime dream of floating in a giant pumpkin across the Charles River in Boston over the weekend. What happened: Benjamin Chang, a senior at Harvard University, successfully paddled across the Charles River in Boston on Saturday aboard his 1,500-pound (680.3 kilograms) pumpkin that he picked up from a farm in New Hampshire. Chang reportedly started paddling from the Cambridge side of the river to the Boston side before going back to his starting point.

Harvard senior Benjamin Chang, successfully paddled across the Charles River in Boston on Saturday

"It was also so much fun to let other people try this as well."

Harvard University student Benjamin Chang raised money for a bio-engineering lab by paddling across the Charles River on giant pumpkin.

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A Harvard student has made headlines for crossing Massachusetts' Charles River in a giant 1,400-pound pumpkin to raise money for a student lab.

A Harvard student fulfilled a life-long dream when he paddled a 1,500 pound giant pumpkin across the Charles River on Saturday. Here's why he did it, and what it was like.

The senior student found the 1,500-pound pumpkin in New Hampshire and, with the help of his friends, spent nearly two hours preparing it for the journey.