Can You Swim?

[kitten645]

I too cannot remember NOT swimming. Every summer for years we took lessons. Joined the swim team, water ballet, certified lifeguard etc etc. I will admit to being rusty though. I haven't swum consistently in quite a few years but I bet with practice I would get right back in the "swim" as it were!
I will say I've never wanted to scuba dive. But I think that's more of a claustaphobic thing. I think I like swimming because it keeps me ABOVE water in the AIR! I think I would likely panic if I scuba dove.
Claudia

[Alysser]

I swim pretty well, I won't say I'm 'excellent' as I've never tried swimming as an actual sport, but I seriously love the water - especially the ocean. I had swimming lessons when we first got our pool, funny thing is I used hate water.

[K9karen]

A very vivid memory is that. at a young age, my folks took the family to a swim club on weekends. Having been in the pool with a lifesaver on all day, and loving it, I must have had a dream about diving off the deep end and swimming all around. Only thing is, that's what I did the next day when I ran ahead of the family. I really did go down for the count when rescued, screaming, kicking. I had some CPR or something, was more embarrased than anything, put on my lifesaver and ran back in.

I try to swim but always sink. I can back float, swim under water.
If my feet don't touch the bottom, I panic. Nobody swam but my dad. OK, I think swim lessons are warranted in the future.

[Barbara]

I can swim but I don't like to swim very much. I like kayaking, sailing etc. and I know from experience I can get out of a kayak after capsizing and come up and be alive but I would not go to a swimming pool to swim length after length. And of course I swim in the sea (if it's a warm enough sea) but I would try to stay away from some high surf.