Knowing how to swim may seem irrelevant, but it has enormous importance in our lives and, depending on the situation, it can literally save you from death. It’s a kind of knowledge that brings no harm at all: it’s healthy as a sport, it helps the body and the mind, and it will never be useless.
Imagine a scenario: you’re walking near a lake, alone, with no one around. Suddenly, you slip and fall into the water. Two possible outcomes: you know how to swim, you reach the edge and get out alive. Or you don’t, you sink… and die. So yes, knowing how to swim is useful in certain situations, or you’d be condemned to never walk near water alone unless you wear a life jacket all the time, which I believe is not the case.
This should be something everyone is required to learn. A simple comparison: if you fall from an airplane, you’re not going to start flying. But on solid ground, you can run if you need to. In the water, in danger, everything depends solely on whether you’ve learned to swim or not. In other words, it’s a skill that puts your own survival in your hands. And of course, besides this obvious advantage, swimming is also fun and a great sport.
I remember when I learned to swim, and it was in the riskiest way possible. Maybe younger people will never understand what a real childhood is, full of adventures and some huge risks. A childhood friend and I used to go fishing often, it was our favorite pastime. In my town, there are two rivers that meet, and that was our private playground. My friend knew how to swim and I didn’t, and since we were always looking for better spots to fish, crossing the river became a barrier for me in some of those expeditions. So he decided to teach me.
And how did that happen? In the most dangerous way possible. I would climb to a higher point of the river, jump, and try to swim. The current would take me, and there was my friend, further down, waiting to rescue me. Imagine two kids, in the middle of nowhere, doing that. If anything had gone wrong, I would have died on one of those days. And yes, it took a few days until I actually learned. In the worst way possible? Yes. But it worked, and I survived to tell the story. Today I see how risky it was, and when I told this story to my mother, well, she was in shock. It’s part of a child’s life to take some risks… but that one may have crossed the line.
Today it’s rare for me to go out just to swim. To be honest, after smoking for so long, when I try to take a few strokes I already lose my breath quickly. Maybe, if I fall somewhere where swimming is the difference between life and death, I’ll be as useless as someone who doesn’t know how to swim. But at least I can try, whether I’d actually make it is another conversation.
But knowing how to swim was something really cool in my life, and it has an importance almost as great as learning to ride a bike. It’s a fun activity, full of benefits, and those who don’t know how should give it a try. It’s worth it. Just, please, don’t try to learn to swim the way I did, that would be pure stupidity.
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Saber nadar pode parecer algo irrelevante, mas tem uma importância enorme na nossa vida e, dependendo da situação, pode literalmente te salvar da morte. É um tipo de conhecimento que não traz malefício nenhum: é saudável como esporte, ajuda o corpo e a mente, e nunca será algo inútil.
Imagine um cenário: você está caminhando perto de um lago, sozinho, sem ninguém por perto. De repente, escorrega e cai na água. Duas situações possíveis: você sabe nadar, chega até a borda e sai vivo. Ou você não sabe, afunda… e morre. Então, sim, saber nadar é útil em certas situações, ou você estaria condenado a nunca andar perto de água sozinho, a não ser que use um colete salva-vidas o tempo todo, o que acredito que não seja o caso.
Isso deveria ser algo obrigatório para todo mundo aprender. Uma comparação simples: se você cair de um avião, você não vai sair voando. Mas em terra firme você corre, se precisar. Na água, em perigo, tudo depende apenas de você ter aprendido a nadar ou não. Ou seja, é uma habilidade que coloca a própria sobrevivência na sua mão. E claro, além dessa vantagem óbvia, nadar também é divertido e um ótimo esporte.
Me lembro de quando aprendi a nadar, e foi da maneira mais arriscada possível. Talvez os mais novos nunca entendam o que é uma infância de verdade, cheia de aventuras e alguns riscos enormes. Eu e um amigo de infância íamos pescar com frequência, era nossa brincadeira favorita. Na minha cidade, existem dois rios que se encontram, e ali era o nosso parque particular. Meu amigo sabia nadar e eu não, e como sempre buscávamos lugares melhores para pescar, atravessar o rio virou uma barreira para mim em algumas dessas incursões. Então ele decidiu me ensinar.
E como isso aconteceu? Da maneira mais arriscada possível. Eu subia até um ponto mais alto do rio, pulava e tentava nadar. A correnteza me levava, e lá estava meu amigo, mais abaixo, me esperando para me resgatar. Imagine duas crianças, no meio do nada, fazendo isso. Se qualquer coisa desse errado, eu teria morrido em algum daqueles dias. E sim, demorou alguns dias até eu realmente aprender. Da pior maneira possível? Sim. Mas deu certo e sobrevivi para contar a história. Hoje vejo o quanto aquilo foi arriscado, e quando contei essa história para minha mãe, bem, ela ficou em choque. Faz parte da vida de uma criança correr alguns perigos… mas esse, talvez, tenha passado dos limites.
Hoje é raro eu sair exclusivamente para nadar. Para ser sincero, por ter fumado por tanto tempo, quando tento dar algumas braçadas já perco o fôlego rápido. Talvez, se eu cair num lugar onde nadar seja a diferença entre a vida e a morte, eu seja tão inútil quanto alguém que não sabe nadar. Mas, pelo menos, posso tentar, se vou conseguir, é outra conversa.
Mas saber nadar foi algo muito legal na minha vida, e tem uma importância quase tão grande quanto aprender a andar de bicicleta. É uma atividade divertida, cheia de benefícios, e quem não sabe deveria tentar. Vale a pena. Só, por favor, não tentem aprender a nadar como eu aprendi, isso seria pura idiotice.
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Translated: Deepl
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Swimming is awesome man. Dam though, you been smoking lot of cigarettes?
My friend, I have been smoking a lot for a long time, unfortunately.
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Swimming is one activity/sport I am yet to master,I am so scared 😨 of water.
But @michupa, here's my question to you,how come there are cases in which the victims are very good swimmers,but still lost their lives through drowning?what could be the cause?
Overconfidence
That means the waves current must studied and respected.Anyway thank you once on the update on the importance of swimming @michupa
Yeah. You actually got me thinking especially about falling from the airplane. Maybe inside the water and I don't know how to swim.
Hmmm! I really need to learn how to swim.
Thanks for sharing
Learn, this is a great sport.
Lol, definitely, learning to swim across a river as a kid was quite a tough challenge, I did visit a beach while younger and dabble with trying to swim in the ocean but never did succeeded the way I wanted to. I've been meaning to take on from were I left on during that time, great skill to learn generally, especially for myself who's interested in sea life.
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STOPI think it's time I take swimming lessons serious... I can't even imagine a situation where I have to swim to be
Caramba mano foi arriscado mesmo haha, ta doido, você fez igual o meme do cara "aqui tem coragem' kkkkk
Eu so sei nadar em piscina e olha lá, se eu não conseguir por o pé no fundo dela to ferrado huahuahuauh
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