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(06-11-2019, 12:50 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(06-11-2019, 10:41 AM)GPnative Wrote: One does not necessarily need to know how to swim if you know how to (easily) tread water. In this case, if they had known how, I say they would of survived. Hell, in my 20's I could of treaded water for hours and likely still could. That water is not Bearing Sea cold, it would take awhile to succumb to hypothermia, if at all.

When I was in high school my Friend I were swimming at the local quarry. He decided to swim all the way across. And of course it was farther than it looked.
Any being a dumb ass kid I followed along, we were about 3/4 across when he was so tired that he was still swimming but not going anywhere.
So we stopped and I helped him stay afloat and tread water to get a little rest. It worked so we swam some more but not far until we had to do the same thing again. This scenario was repeated over and over until I was so exhausted I didn't know if I could make it.
Finally we managed to get about 30 feet from shore and even being that close I was in big trouble. I don't know how my friend stayed afloat because at that point I was no longer any help to him. And when it was starting to look like we were both going to drown 30 feet from shore..... I felt the bottom.
Anyway you mentioned being a strong swimmer at 20. I spent every summer of my childhood at the local swimming pool and just about every single day.
If not for that I think my friend and I would have both died that day. It's funny because I've never thought much about that my whole life until once my wife and I were talking(me mostly) about how nice it would have been to have had a career as a fireman, EMT or something where you could actually save a life. Then it kind of dawned on me that I had indeed saved a life. Smiling

Yes, and although I didn't clarify in my post, the treading water is assuming you are not dealing with currents and having to actively swim in current, river, etc. That's a different ball game, In a calm or semi calm lake scenario, if one knows how, you can tread water a LONG time, hours, exerting very little energy, you may actually give up from boredom before you actually get exhausted. It does not take much to stay afloat in calm waters.
Glad you were able to help your friend and both reach the other sideĀ  Smiling
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reporting - by tvguy - 06-10-2019, 01:15 PM
RE: reporting - by Juniper - 06-10-2019, 01:35 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-10-2019, 03:04 PM
RE: reporting - by chuck white - 06-10-2019, 05:11 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-10-2019, 05:41 PM
RE: reporting - by bbqboy - 06-10-2019, 06:13 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-10-2019, 07:02 PM
RE: reporting - by Juniper - 06-10-2019, 10:14 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-10-2019, 11:57 PM
RE: reporting - by Cuzz - 06-11-2019, 06:57 AM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-11-2019, 12:35 PM
RE: reporting - by Juniper - 06-11-2019, 03:34 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-11-2019, 03:57 PM
RE: reporting - by GPnative - 06-11-2019, 10:41 AM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-11-2019, 12:50 PM
RE: reporting - by GPnative - 06-11-2019, 02:01 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-11-2019, 03:00 PM
RE: reporting - by Cuzz - 06-11-2019, 06:38 PM
RE: reporting - by tvguy - 06-11-2019, 07:26 PM
RE: reporting - by bbqboy - 06-12-2019, 08:52 AM

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