>>1022825put your pack in its rain cover or a trash bag, it should be less dense the water for sure. unless you pack bricks.
then just swim over pulling it behind you with the open side up like a dead bug.
with the bike empty your water bottle and fix them in place. to get some extra bouncy then do the water rescue backward swim.
start crossing upstream from where you want to go on land on the other side. don't try to touch the bottom you might get snagged and drown.
if its really just 5m and really slow it should be easy as fuck. a fallen tree can spann that easily too.
dont forget even slow water has a lot of power
> in before op wants to cross Teklanika River 