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RIP Ryan Mallet

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I’m probably the worst swimmer in the world. I won’t get into water that’s higher than my shoulders. I can’t float or tread water. If I swim… I get from point a to point b without stopping or I sink. Just plain scared of it.
 

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I’m probably the worst swimmer in the world. I won’t get into water that’s higher than my shoulders. I can’t float or tread water. If I swim… I get from point a to point b without stopping or I sink. Just plain scared of it.
Yet you willingly accept a 9" Strapon?
 

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I’m probably the worst swimmer in the world. I won’t get into water that’s higher than my shoulders. I can’t float or tread water. If I swim… I get from point a to point b without stopping or I sink. Just plain scared of it.
That's me. I swim like a cinder block.
 

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I’m probably the worst swimmer in the world. I won’t get into water that’s higher than my shoulders. I can’t float or tread water. If I swim… I get from point a to point b without stopping or I sink. Just plain scared of it.
If you go to the beach wear a wetsuit or life jacket, and you’re good to go…
 

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If you go to the beach wear a wetsuit or life jacket, and you’re good to go…
Or go to a lake ir a pond. Better yet, make a shitpot full of friends and install a swimming pool. Nothing like having twenty kids you've never seen before pissing in your $1000,000 investment.
 

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Or go to a lake ir a pond. Better yet, make a shitpot full of friends and install a swimming pool. Nothing like having twenty kids you've never seen before pissing in your $1000,000 investment.
LoL
 

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guessing mallet was in shape so i wonder how an atheltic guy like him drowned?
 

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guessing mallet was in shape so i wonder how an atheltic guy like him drowned?
Undertow and rip current are nothing to fuck with.
It's a real mental trick to allow yourself to let the current take you rather than fight it.
And he was from Arkansas/Texas. Probably didn't have parents that preached about rip tides.
 

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i thought the undertow got him but they are saying there was no undertow that day.i guess we can label it a tragic accident.
Either way, he made a mental mistake. I've been swimming in frigid water since I was old enough to jump in. I was born in Maine and swam at local beaches where many people just couldn't walk into the water above their knees. If you don't understand tides and how they work, an undertow is totally out of your league. I was a stand in lifeguard when I was 16, 17, 18 at Willard Beach in South Portland, ME. In the middle of a 95 degree heat wave, the water at that beach never got above 55. Water 33 degrees colder than your normal bocy temp is one thing, hit that water with a surrounding 95 degree air temp and it's like jumping into an ice pond.

Too often people feel overconfident when they're in very warm water. It's relaxing and feels good. You think you can swim farther than you're actually able to. Some people have no idea that they've swam into a dropoff and can't touch the bottom and that's when panic sets in. Adrenalin rushed to the heart and your start to exert at much more furious pace and suddenly those muscles in your arms and legs become rigid with cramps.
Waht do you do? 95% of people have no idea and stop cold, instead of stretching as far as they can. They drop below the surace and instead of swimming back up to get air, they panic even more and inhale under water. You don't have any air to push the water back out.

Swimming is a learned skill. The more you do, the better you get at it. The ocean is not a pool. If you don't understand it, don't fuck with it.
 

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Most people have no idea how dangerous ocean swimming can be. You can see the beach and everyone is close by. Most people don't go deeper than their waist. What could go wrong? You hear people yelling and laughing, never realizing that you just swam into a tidal current and are in thirteen feet deep water.
 
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