Swimming, had to help fish a dude out of the lake because he swam far into the deep end and started panicking when he realized he didn’t have the steam to swim back. His only swimming experience was water parks and kiddie pools.
I was on a paddle board a summer or two back, and noticed someone swimming with their really tall, inflatable kayak that they had been fishing off of. For some reason, they were dragging it through the water in one of our lakes.
I felt stupid, but I paddled over to them and asked if they were okay, as they were out in the middle of the huge lake.
He actually said “No, I don’t know how to swim, and can’t get back into my kayak” which made me ashen-faced, and I helped him onto my paddle board and back into his kayak. Thank fucking God he had a lifejacket on. He was probably about 700 feet offshore and fell overboard much earlier. Had he not had that lifejacket, he might have drowned. He never called for help as he was embarrassed.
That is ridiculous, on a lake there are barely any waves, you can just turn on your back and float around to catch a breath. Just remember to move from time to time so people don’t think you’re a corpse.
Swimming, had to help fish a dude out of the lake because he swam far into the deep end and started panicking when he realized he didn’t have the steam to swim back. His only swimming experience was water parks and kiddie pools.
I was on a paddle board a summer or two back, and noticed someone swimming with their really tall, inflatable kayak that they had been fishing off of. For some reason, they were dragging it through the water in one of our lakes.
I felt stupid, but I paddled over to them and asked if they were okay, as they were out in the middle of the huge lake.
He actually said “No, I don’t know how to swim, and can’t get back into my kayak” which made me ashen-faced, and I helped him onto my paddle board and back into his kayak. Thank fucking God he had a lifejacket on. He was probably about 700 feet offshore and fell overboard much earlier. Had he not had that lifejacket, he might have drowned. He never called for help as he was embarrassed.
Still haven’t figured this one out myself. I don’t even have that experience, not for a lack of trying.
That is ridiculous, on a lake there are barely any waves, you can just turn on your back and float around to catch a breath. Just remember to move from time to time so people don’t think you’re a corpse.
Phobias are real. They can make otherwise strong people into helpless infants when they kick in.