Ultimate shoulder rides

Throughout Middle School I was carried by girls a bunch of times, but not on any of their shoulders so I guess the details aren't relevant for this site, unless someone asks.

High School:

1.) My girlfriend and I went to a school dance together. We were both 16. I was about 5' 10" and 140 pounds, she about 5' 9" and 150-155 pounds. About halfway into the night we saw a bunch of our friends/classmates on the dance floor holding each other on their shoulders. I asked her if she would like us to carry each other and join them, and she immediately agreed. She said she wanted to hold me first, so I climbed up on a chair and carefully sat up on her. She carried me over to the other shoulder-riding kids and danced with me for at least a solid minute. She had carried me before in other ways so I wasn't surprised by how strong she was, but that was the first time I rode on her shoulders and of course it was thrilling!

2.) A few months later in the early summer I was with the same girl at a pool party. I played two chicken-fighting rounds on top of her shoulders. Our second fight lasted about 2 minutes! The water certainly improved her ability to hold me.

3.) A month after that she and I went to the beach and horsed around with each other in the water. I eventually brought her up on my shoulders and carried her out to the sand. I walked down the beach a little bit, and her ride lasted about three minutes total. When I put her down I put my hands on her shoulders and said, "My turn!" almost as a joke, not expected her to go for it. But to my delight she said, "Okay, but I'll have to pick you up in the water." So we went in until the water was deep enough, she ducked under me and brought me up, and she solidly carried me on her shoulders out of the water, back to land and down the beach, for almost a minute.


College:

1.) I had the special thrill of being in two 3-high towers with two other girls at a beach. I was 21, 5' 10", maybe 150 lbs. Kara, also 21, was a quite petite 5' 6" and maybe about 115-120 lbs. Sidney, Kara's good friend, was 19, 5' 9", 155-160 lbs. We eventually got the idea to do human towers in the water. I managed to hold Sidney on my shoulders and duck down far enough for Kara to make her way on top. I was able to straighten up but only for a couple of seconds before the tower fell. Sidney's tower was slightly more successful, and she held me as I held Kara for a solid 10 seconds.

2.) That same day, maybe an hour later, we went back in the water and as I standing around about chest-deep, I suddenly felt myself being lifted from below and soon was sitting on Sidney's shoulders. She carried me through the water for a few steps, bringing me out into shallower water until she was almost thigh-deep before ducking back under and releasing me.

3.) The year after that at age 22, I participated in another chicken-fight on the shoulders of Melissa, age 21. We were both around the same size and weight, around 5' 10" and 150-155 lbs. We won the fight and she kept me up for about another minute after, carrying me around the shallow end of the pool, up the pool steps, and carefully setting me down on the grass of the nearby yard.