Timeline for How dangerous is swimming fully dressed in cotton/denim clothes?
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| Sep 24, 2021 at 11:05 | comment | added | Chris H | @Willeke confirmed by the training etc. I've done. Even pool ladders are harder, but climbing directly onto a poolside or bank is considerably more difficult. It's not just the weight of the clothing and water, but the way heavy, non-stretchy fabric clinging to you restricts your movement | |
| Sep 24, 2021 at 9:45 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | What I was told, it is not the swimming, it is the getting out of the water where the weight of jeans counts against you. Especially where there are steep or straight sides, like a canal. | |
| May 25, 2019 at 15:38 | answer | added | Jim | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 24, 2018 at 21:33 | answer | added | Salman sadiq | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 20:48 | vote | accept | James Jenkins | ||
| Mar 2, 2018 at 19:17 | comment | added | Nate W | Depending on the material and if it is a survival situation you can also remove your pants and use them as a flotation device by tying the legs together and inflating them. The wet material holds air surprisingly well. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 21:07 | comment | added | James Jenkins | @whatsisname Comfortable to cool. Maybe 50F plus useakayak.org/references/hypothermia_table.html | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 20:22 | comment | added | whatsisname | Is this situation you are picturing in cold or comfortable weather? | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:22 | answer | added | Andrew Jay | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 22:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/968248381658234882 | ||
| Feb 26, 2018 at 18:58 | answer | added | Monster | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 18:21 | comment | added | James Jenkins | Note when swimming fully clothed, I usually swim a breast-stroke as keeping wet clothes in water conserves energy. | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 17:33 | history | asked | James Jenkins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |