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can you swim?

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BriGy86

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here is the thread that made me think of this

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what is considered swimming:
-being able to tread water for around 2-5 min
-(if you have no physical problems) swimming the length of a typical backyard pool
-(if you have no physical problems) being able to swim some sort of length successfully underwater
 
I wasn't to great until nearing the end of college. My GF took it as a mission to teach me. I'm fairly decent now.
 
i can float, and i can swim the length of a pool underwater. my big downfall is trying to breathe and swim at the same time (i know key important elment). i can't thread water at all. get too much panic.
 
Very good... even had some lessons rescue swimming.

I could also swim for at least 15 minutes with all my clothes on. (probably down to 5 through lack of training)
 
i suppose the main thing is

can you keep your self from drowning if you had to for say about 5 min.

i myself have been swimming since i can remember, and am a certified scuba diver
 
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
 
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
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what is stopping you from learning to swim?

 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
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what is stopping you from learning to swim?
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The kayak being close enough for him to reach...:Q
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
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what is stopping you from learning to swim?
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The kayak being close enough for him to reach...:Q
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that time maybe... next time he could be not so lucky.

 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
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what is stopping you from learning to swim?
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The kayak being close enough for him to reach...:Q
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that time maybe... next time he could be not so lucky.
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Thats when he will finally learn to swim, otherwise he will sink. That worked well for me when I was a kid.
 
Originally posted by: BriGy86
here is the thread that made me think of this

link

what is considered swimming:
-being able to tread water for around 2-5 min
-(if you have no physical problems) swimming the length of a typical backyard pool
-(if you have no physical problems) being able to swim some sort of length successfully underwater
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Yes, not that well, but I was working on it.
 
Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!
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go learn to swim, its basic skill that everyone should know
 
I'm no Michael Phelps..but I can swim to save my life. I can't really freestyle..but I can do the froggy and the dog paddle. Go me!
 
i can't do freestyle , but i can side stroke and breast stroke good enough not to drown. other than being out of shape aerobically, i could probably do 2-4 laps
 
If you can get in a pool that's deeper than you are tall and not drown, then you can swim by the most basic definition I'd use.
 
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