I can swim for quite a distance but I’m incredible slow! I think this comes from not using my legs properly.
I’ve not been swimming for a while. Actually, I’ve not done anything remotely healthy for a while and as a result I’ve gone from around 130 pounds to ~160 (I’m 5’6). I had no idea, until this thread, that the more body fat the better you float! I’ve also started wearing glasses and can’t imagine swimming in them… Do you short-sighted dopers wear your glasses while swimming? What about in the sea? I can’t imagine not wearing them any more, which is the main reason I’ve been avoiding swimming recently (along with becoming lazy and overweight). I’m contemplating moving over to contacts, i assume they’re perfectly safe underwater?
I can’t dive to save my life, which isn’t a huge problem as i can’t imagine ever being in a life threatening position which can only be escaped through a skilfully executed inward pike. But i digress… I also can’t see those magic eye pictures, though I’ve yet to try the glass trick. Sounds promising. I can whistle, however not the two fingered kind.