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Spot on. I'm sorry to hear about your story but it really nails the point home. I was also a lifeguard and a competitive swimmer in my youth, and realized aft
by gills 16y ago
Spot on. I'm sorry to hear about your story but it really nails the point home. I was also a lifeguard and a competitive swimmer in my youth, and realized after some time that the single best training I ever had for escaping an active drowning victim was playing water polo! You really have to think of the victim as an adversary, keep a firm grip, and have practiced being extremely stable in the water to manage it.
- mrtron 16y agoNo big deal - I was laughing about it a few minutes later. I don't think I was ever seriously at risk with a life jacket on and plenty of other boats very close. But through the rapids - 10 feet away can mean you can't reach the person for a few minutes downstream. Talking about it makes me want to do some more rapids - it was my first time and I really enjoyed it. It was class 4-5 so fairly difficult rapids even for a 6 man raft. Made for a lot of fun, especially when sitting in the front!