We went to a water park last summer and they threw a floppy dummy into the deep end and the teen lifeguard had to jump in and fetch him to prove his lifeguard worthiness. Same thing.
Like everyone else in the comments, I also have an example of a worse body of water. Why, when I was a kid, we used to have to swim up 50ft swells just to get to school. And it was plumbing school, so we of course had to have an assortment of lead pipes in our bags. Also, I had insulted the sea by accident, so Poseidon had it in for me. So...this seems quite pleasant by comparison, is what I'm saying.
Yeah, that pool isn't forcibly pushing back towards the shore. And it isn't trying to climb on top of you when you get there. I guarded in the 80-90s - they have a lot more rules about presenting the rescue tube from a distance.
Lol yeah I made the mistake of not leading with the can - once. Luckily we had protocol in place where if we had time before we entered the water, we'd put on a life vest, so they couldn't hold me under.
Memorial day weekend was always the WORST. It's the first official beach week, but the water was always damn cold still. And of course all the Ohioans would come down for that week.
Speed is a major factor in aquatic rescue. Normally what happens is the swimmer will use a fast stroke (also heads up) to the targets last known location and then submerge to search ( if without breathing equipment). In either case, breastroke is not ideal because the arm motion creates more turbluent waters in front of the face obscuring vision and the rapid dobbing causes frequent line of sight breaking which is normally a no no
Im aquatics, "heads up" is specific to keeping ones head out of the water for the duration of the swim while maintaining eye contact with the "target" / the targets last known location. Breaking line of sight or allowing eyes to drop below the water would constitute a fail requiring a retry. These are usually timed too. With breastroke its pretty normal for most/all the upper body to breach the surface of the water, just an indicator of good technique if the swimmer is unfamiliar with the waves
I live on the beach in Mexico. Surf, free dive, and rough water swim every day. Waterman and Medic forever. This AM I got caught in a decent rip down the beach with some massive waves as we're coming in from a two mile/3.2k swim. Couldn't dive deep enough and got hammered seven times before I could just get to shore. I stayed calm and know the drill, but pretty beat up this evening. Be smart, and don't put others lives in risk. The seas don't play.
The German counterpart is the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (German society for the rescue of shipwrecked persons). They are not payed by the state but only by charity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Sea_Rescue_Society Operating in one of the most dangerous seas in the world, the north sea.
The Big Lake they call Gitchigumi has about 550 ship wrecks. The wreck of The Edmond Fitzgerald is a great song by Gordon Light Foot. It is worth checking out. But Lake Erie is considered the most dangerous lake in the world. It is estimated to have over 2,000 ship wrecks, making it have more ship wrecks for the size of the lake than any other body of water in the world. So more ship wreck density for every square mile, or kilometer, than any other body of water. Michigander here.
I am. They literally waited until the weather was complete shit and dropped us out of a helicopter at night and we were 7 miles away from shore. We had nice little rubber boats, though, so there’s that. It was literally easier to hang onto the side of the boat as a group and swim it in. 4-6 foot seas. Real hoot.
ConsumerOfStories
The training seems rough, but the applause is a plus
DOcelot1
That's really impressive
MotoCanuck
That actually looks like so much fun, mostly because you're not actually in real danger
TheFastpaws
I used to like swimming. I haven't been in the water in well over a decade.
pollypocketfullofposies
We went to a water park last summer and they threw a floppy dummy into the deep end and the teen lifeguard had to jump in and fetch him to prove his lifeguard worthiness. Same thing.
DesdemonaMoor
Flashbacks of high school at the local waterpark's wave pool if you didn't get out before they started!
laserspacecats
We have ocean at home…
laurapede83
Does anyone else hear the waves yelling go, go, go...?
Exyr
I'll join in the rest of the comments. Rough? Thats just average surf off the north coast of california.
BrockEffingSamson
Like everyone else in the comments, I also have an example of a worse body of water. Why, when I was a kid, we used to have to swim up 50ft swells just to get to school. And it was plumbing school, so we of course had to have an assortment of lead pipes in our bags. Also, I had insulted the sea by accident, so Poseidon had it in for me. So...this seems quite pleasant by comparison, is what I'm saying.
chitodh
sooo.. did he find it?
theinternetkeepsmealive
Yeah but is it absolutely ice fucking cold? If not then its pretty redundant since that's the thing that will plunge your body into shock.
NOINITIATIVE
Now this should be an olympic sport!
AdroitCudgel
Is the water temperature as cold as North Sea?
Aranon1183
This is just a standard Chinese wave pool.
Maviyakuku
The Eddy currents got this.
Gestalted
Ya, it there is a ladder and a rather quick way out!!!
powwerbottom
Stop I can only get so wet
Pizzeption
Lots of alleged wave warriors in these comments. Could these conditions be made more difficult? Sure. Does that mean these conditions are easy? No.
Feralkyn
Not only that, but it's *training.* Could be any number of things, from someone just starting off to conditioning etc.
Pizzeption
My thoughts exactly.
Filanwizard
Hey look they revived the Action Park wave pool. ;)
veedubfreak
Because wave pool was too simple to type
MeeseOnABeam
it's impressive how rescue divers remain afloat with such massive steel balls weighing them down
relsky
I've trained in and done live rescues in worse. And let me tell you - it fucking sucks.
NotSomoneElse68
Yeah, that pool isn't forcibly pushing back towards the shore. And it isn't trying to climb on top of you when you get there. I guarded in the 80-90s - they have a lot more rules about presenting the rescue tube from a distance.
relsky
Lol yeah I made the mistake of not leading with the can - once. Luckily we had protocol in place where if we had time before we entered the water, we'd put on a life vest, so they couldn't hold me under.
SeenItDoneIt
Yeah, and it's always so damned cold when someone needs rescuing.
relsky
Memorial day weekend was always the WORST. It's the first official beach week, but the water was always damn cold still. And of course all the Ohioans would come down for that week.
WillyVanilli
as an Ohioan, sorry but we just have a natural desire to drown in the ocean.
relsky
You really, really do.
imgurianitarian
Sometimes I choke on my own saliva. I worry someday I might die from it. This is terrifying too.
TeelMoobeel
same here, happens at least once a month, to my embarrassment
YoungCore
Needs more sharks.
Arcblaire
I wonder why a fast, non-headsup breastroke is the standard, Ive always needed to do at least headsup frontcrawl to meet time and ensure I could see.
DaveTheScientist
I've always found breast stroke useful in choppy water, you can sync in with the waves so you don't get tossed around as much.
Feralkyn
I'm wondering if this is specifically training to find someone underwater already, since he keeps dipping down with his face facing downward too
Arcblaire
Speed is a major factor in aquatic rescue. Normally what happens is the swimmer will use a fast stroke (also heads up) to the targets last known location and then submerge to search ( if without breathing equipment). In either case, breastroke is not ideal because the arm motion creates more turbluent waters in front of the face obscuring vision and the rapid dobbing causes frequent line of sight breaking which is normally a no no
damogen
what do you mean by non-headsup? He lifts his whole damn torso out of the water with each stroke.
Arcblaire
Im aquatics, "heads up" is specific to keeping ones head out of the water for the duration of the swim while maintaining eye contact with the "target" / the targets last known location. Breaking line of sight or allowing eyes to drop below the water would constitute a fail requiring a retry. These are usually timed too. With breastroke its pretty normal for most/all the upper body to breach the surface of the water, just an indicator of good technique if the swimmer is unfamiliar with the waves
EeveeInASweater
The wave is higher than his head so either way it's going to get broken I think. This way he's not being slapped in the face with his face up?
Zapathasura
We have the same thing in the Netherlands... We call it the North Sea.
KleptoKea
Same here in New Zealand. We call it Piha on a bad day.
ChicanoBatman
I live on the beach in Mexico. Surf, free dive, and rough water swim every day. Waterman and Medic forever. This AM I got caught in a decent rip down the beach with some massive waves as we're coming in from a two mile/3.2k swim. Couldn't dive deep enough and got hammered seven times before I could just get to shore. I stayed calm and know the drill, but pretty beat up this evening. Be smart, and don't put others lives in risk. The seas don't play.
Odinthewrathfull
Laughs in Norwegian
Frobizzle
It's almost like this is meant to simulate real world conditions. Crazy!
Odinthewrathfull
Laughs in Norwegian
charondaboatman
Bering Sea here in the US.
ToenailClippingsJar
Nah, we call it the Tikibad in Duinrell.
Or just any average waterslagbad.
martineb72
I assure you they have controlled environments before they subject them to the randomness of the North Sea.
omuaomua
We call them men or sometimes boys, but who am i to judge. Call them whatever you want.
iidky
The Columbia Bar is where our Coast Guard trains like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nuDjPNTAX0
ironymus
The German counterpart is the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (German society for the rescue of shipwrecked persons). They are not payed by the state but only by charity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Sea_Rescue_Society
Operating in one of the most dangerous seas in the world, the north sea.
oneduringwanderer
If you get the chance to visit in person, I'd recommend it.
skrimg59
that was a fun watch, thanks for sharing
slamEVIL
Lake Michigan has entered the chat.
senseicombs
The Big Lake they call Gitchigumi has about 550 ship wrecks. The wreck of The Edmond Fitzgerald is a great song by Gordon Light Foot. It is worth checking out. But Lake Erie is considered the most dangerous lake in the world. It is estimated to have over 2,000 ship wrecks, making it have more ship wrecks for the size of the lake than any other body of water in the world. So more ship wreck density for every square mile, or kilometer, than any other body of water. Michigander here.
BenHobson
I was gonna say, the Great Lakes are often intense.
charondaboatman
Little 4 foot chop. Meh. Do that with a load of gear.
muliphen
One step at a time, they could be building up to that as part of this training.
WilsonFisk
Thats why its training
dafrey
I can easily die in that without the gear, and without the waves https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z3gzMDV4M2ljbHZrYzRodWw3Yzc0OWlwYm41M3QxZTFwdTkxNzVtcyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/jRxG53CYEWk9qG6s15/200w.webp
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charondaboatman
Off the coast of Georgia.
gHoStBuStEr3456
Hahahahahha Georgia 🥹 ( idrk why this is funny, I just live here (if you’re talking abt the state)
charondaboatman
I am. They literally waited until the weather was complete shit and dropped us out of a helicopter at night and we were 7 miles away from shore. We had nice little rubber boats, though, so there’s that. It was literally easier to hang onto the side of the boat as a group and swim it in. 4-6 foot seas. Real hoot.
EmailFail
I feel like 99% of us (Imgur) would struggle to swim in that water... Let alone help anyone
SouthOfRubick
I wouldn't struggle, I'd just let it have me.
iamthemurray
To a certain extent that's sorta good. Most people drown because they can't stop themselves from panicking
Teawrecks66
I guess I'm part of the 1% that wouldn't struggle. I promise you I would get a cramp and die well before I could get to the struggling part.
FeralFarter
Had me in the first half expecting a copy pasta
theinternetkeepsmealive
Yeah same. I wouldn't have the strength, energy or will to even try.