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fastjeff
#1 Posted : Monday, July 12, 2010 6:34:56 AM(UTC)
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Years ago I learned the 'life saving position' and never forgot it. With it, one can stay afloat for half an hour. It consists of bending over forward with your head underwater, holding your breath and relaxing long as you can hold your breath. You then blow out the stale air, rise up to take in a new draft, then repeat long as needed. You get a bit cold doing this, but it works.


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#2 Posted : Monday, July 12, 2010 8:10:57 AM(UTC)
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Good advice. Here's a link (also called a "Dead Man's Float"):

http://www.ehow.com/how_6582_survival-float.html
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:19:58 AM(UTC)
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I had to do this as part of a "Swimming" merit badge in the Boy Scouts for 1/2 hour. They called it "drown proofing" back then. This was done in a pool back in the day. We learned a lot of stuff about self preservation for that badge.


... of course, there was no merit badge for self preservation while in the company of a girl/woman...
... now that would've really come in handy.

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#4 Posted : Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:59:09 AM(UTC)
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The Boy Scouts are still a terrific organization (regardless of what the secularist morons say).

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