Poll: Can you swim?

[fleischwolke]

Learned when I was 4 or 5. Was in a swimming club at school.

 

[Gutkrusha]

I was a lifeguard, so yes. Yes I can swim.

 

[Drakmorg]

I can swim well enough to not die, that's pretty much it.
At least that's more than what Altair and John Marston can claim.

 

[The_Healer]

If so, how good are you at swimming, and at what age did you learn this wicked skill?

I was afraid of water form the age of 2 when dad forgot me in the sea and I almost drowned(it was keen deep for him, but I almost drown, man!), but at the age of 14 I decided that I should let go of the past and learn how to swim(my dad always kept offering to teach me, but I always refused). So I took courses with 5 year old(rather embarrassing), at the local pool, and after 1 month of intense training I learned how to swim.

Now I'm a fairly mediocre swimmer, but should my life depend on it, I think I can manage.

So, how about you guys(and girls)?

I almost drowned when I was a toddler too!!

I'm afraid the similarities end there.
I didn't give up on swimming and am now training with one of the best squads in Australia.

Who would've guessed?

 

[GLo Jones]

Age 3-4, I've spent most of my teen years in the local swimming squad, though I haven't been to a pool for a looong long time now.

I've still got the technique down to a tee, it's just the fitness I lack.

 

[Prof.Wood]

I used to swim in small competitions but I haven't been in a pool for I think 8 years.
I do however go scuba diving so I kinda swim but not properly.

 

[Lullabye]

Had too learn quickly or else the turtle would've eated me! Or so I thought when I was 5. Fear is a great motivator.
Also, I'm working on being able to hold my breath longer. Up to 3 minutes now. It's actually easier for me under water, even with the added pressure.

 

[thahat]

of swiming degree A/B/C i have A and B ( C is resque swimming, did the course, dident bother for the exam, was too easy, would coste money. )

i live in the Netherlands so we learn it at an early age. ( thats what you get with a country thats mostly below the sea XD )