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08-07-2018, 09:10 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Aloha OR
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How to float using pants
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08-07-2018, 09:37 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lincoln Beach,OR.
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Re: How to float using pants
One of the first things they taught us in Navy bootcamp.
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08-09-2018, 09:53 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: westlinn
Posts: 6,107
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Re: How to float using pants
Quote:
Originally Posted by MaiToi
One of the first things they taught us in Navy bootcamp.
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In the army I learned to swim in jump boots and full load of gear, ammo and my weapon. As I recall this test caused alot of people to wash out.
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08-08-2018, 06:28 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Yamhill, OR
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Re: How to float using pants
Yep, same thing at Paradise Island during swim qual. It was 34 years ago 
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08-08-2018, 07:35 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Springfield
Posts: 1,574
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Re: How to float using pants
Looks simple enough... But I question if I'd be able to do that in 50-something degree water, while wearing deck boots and rain bibs.
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08-08-2018, 07:38 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Somewhere way past the bass clef. Often Tigard Oregon
Posts: 17,784
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Re: How to float using pants
Learned that in Boy Scouts and had to prove we could over 40 years ago
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08-08-2018, 12:01 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 6,878
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Re: How to float using pants
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Originally Posted by StickFish
Learned that in Boy Scouts and had to prove we could over 40 years ago
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Same. Camp Napawon, Wisconsin. I think it's part of the swimming merit badge. Boy Scouts was awesome for a suburban kid who didn't have outdoorsy parents.
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08-08-2018, 12:13 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Somewhere way past the bass clef. Often Tigard Oregon
Posts: 17,784
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Re: How to float using pants
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Originally Posted by Threemuch
Same. Camp Napawon, Wisconsin. I think it's part of the swimming merit badge. Boy Scouts was awesome for a suburban kid who didn't have outdoorsy parents.
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We did our in the community pool. Getting your pants off while treading water was interesting.
Sadly no longer a requirement of that merit badge
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08-11-2018, 02:49 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Bay City Oregon
Posts: 236
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Re: How to float using pants
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Originally Posted by iwanttofish
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Learned it in Navy boot camp 53 years ago. Only then you jumped into a pool with mean guys on the sides of the pool with very long poles used to keep you from going to the sides of the pool if you panicked. I am sure in today's Navy that would not be politically correct. But, it sure got everyone to pay attention and learn that trick quickly.
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08-11-2018, 04:16 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 47
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Re: How to float using pants
Yeah, this won't work off our coast. If you want to suvive wear a drysuit or wetsuit plus PFD and keep radio attached to PFD, just like those crazy kayak anglers. Oh wait, maybe they aren't so crazy.
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08-11-2018, 05:24 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Oregon City, Or. USA
Posts: 3,138
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Re: How to float using pants
I was drown proofed in the Navy,, No pants required. I was resuscitated twice.
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