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>go on fishing trip with mate last year
>end up finding some remote spot, pic related
>would throw heavy ass spinnerbaits and paternoster rigs into the middle of the river
>rigs would just flow downstream instead of sinking so assumed it was just shallow as fuck because of how calm and skinny the river was
>later that day when drunk and sun was out at a nice 39c decide to swim to cool off
>river is over my head within 4 steps so swim like a madman
>barely make it to the other side on the island, sit on sandbar gasping like a fucking cancer patient due to a decade of drinking and smoking and being really unfit
>friend starts swimming over
>I drunkenly thought it would be a good idea to instantly start swimming back as a FUCK YOU I win bitch
>had to swim 45 degrees upstream to where I wanted to go because I'm a shit swimmer and the flow was faster than it looked
>ran completely out of breath and energy 2 metres from shore and legit thought "Oh fuck so this is how people actually drown"
>just made it where my feet could touch the bottom, spent another 5 minutes on my hands and knees gasping for air once I got to the riverbank
There was a good 30 seconds where I thought I would just go under and not have the strength to get back up, never could figure out that how to float on your back shit.
