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[jo_lfs]

Jo's Survival Tip of the Day: Treading Water:

You can all tread water, right? Okay, can you do it for 45 minutes holding a rifle above your head?

Well, let's fix that then...

When most people are taught to tread water when learning to swim they are taught to do so in a manner designed to basically allow you to remain afloat and stationary - like

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[devilishdestiny]

now i am imagining some smuck in shark infested waters jerking of while waiting for a rescue. O_o

[jo_lfs]

Gotta pass the time.

[gothicfeline]

"What most people are not taught unless they are retrained in swimming for their vocation is that the standard method of treading water (paddle kicking and sculling with the hands) is extremely energy inefficient."

Oh come on. That's the kind of thing a person should be able to figure out within the first 30 seconds or so of learning it.

[jo_lfs]

Yes it is, but people are freakin stupid. lol