so tonight I was out on a boat with some family members, And I keep overheard of how Someone drowned because they don't know how to swim am such. And it got me to start wondering how many people know how to swim, and I don't mean float about in the shallow part. I was fairly shocked when i asked around at the people who didn't know how to swim. I assume this is a culture shock because as I grew up I was always on the lake and I learned how to swim at a very early age, when I was young all all knew how to, or may be needed to know with the amount of water around us. To me not being able to swim is something that's hardly fathomable to me.
So I ask you , do you know how to swim? when did you learn? did your parents force you? I thought this may make a good forum.
** by swimming I mean if i threw you off at 75 meters form shore could you make it back to shore? can you tread water for a minute or more?