Weekly puzzle, March 1, 2018

Ok, what if you had to dead lift an adult blue whale?

It's unlikely, but what if you just had to??

How many of your friends would you have to recruit in order to achieve this prodigious feat?

Note: Assume that all your recruits can lift as much as Benedikt Magnusson, and that the weight of the blue whale is average for its species according to the Encyclopedia of life ;)

How many friends, total, would you need? Answer correctly and you'll get entered to win 4 tickets at NC Escape!