...and, I've never taken MY progeny close to cold swift water without first having confidence that they have respect for it, and I have all the gear I may need in the event shit goes sideways. Please, bring all of your degenerate spawn to the highest class rapids you have access to. Bring alcohol. I'm retired. FOAD.
FOAD? tsk.. tsk.. such anger. (but a justifiable response to my above comment)
While I admit my reply was rather harsh (sorry), I didn't mean to get so personal. That song just pissed me off. As a father, I'm sure you would do anything you had to do to save one of your kids that was drowning ...including jumping off the CN tower into the St. Laurence. I know I would.
Disregard that (Fuck you. Never reply to me again) comment. This is too small a community to be starting feuds.
I can only offer an up vote in reparations.
If you can't swim, I'm guessing you'll like reparations, you fucking nigger. lol... <jk>
LOL, it's like the way I was taught to handle my guns. You draw when you are going to shoot the threat dead, this is not tv.
Truth is, river water is a soul eater. All around the world, even in temperate climates. My best friend and I nearly cacked it on the Rifle River in Michigan, despite both being 'Certified' in Swift Water Rescue and in our early 20s at the time, and very physically fit men. Caught in a boil we never saw, until it was too late: our canoe rolled out from under us and dragged us both down. Nothing but dumb luck kept me here shitposting.
Yeah... if MY kid went in the drink I'd follow. Even knowing the logical failure I was making, but I also know the best ways to salvage that stupidity. I also know there's less than 1% of the population that has trained for that kind of shit.
I don't know what you call a boil in Michigan, but down here in Florida a boil is where the aquifer bursts through the limestone strata that supports this whole state and creates all of our fresh water rivers. The St. Johns, the Swanee, the Peace, the Santa Fe... Millions of gallons of fresh water from thousands of boils pump out of the ground everyday. It's all 72* fahrenheit state-wide. ...but it's slow moving fresh water. You can drownproof and float for days in it. You'll never get thirsty. lol. The most dangerous part is getting snapped up by alligators or floating too close to Jacksonville.
If you ever get a chance to come to Florida, fuck those beaches. You can see beaches anywhere coastal. Visit the state parks. Almost all of them have a boil and you can swim all year round. Even in 20* weather. When it's 20* in Florida, the springs feel like a warm bathtub. (just watch out for the manatee police. those feds will arrest you for swimming even near one.)
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