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re: Can you actually drown in waders?
Posted on 12/13/23 at 4:21 pm to Taxman2010
Posted on 12/13/23 at 4:21 pm to Taxman2010
There's a big difference in wading in flowing vs still waters....
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 4:42 pm to Lonnie Utah
I was a green jeans back in the 90's. Part of water survival week was jumping in the deep end of a 60 degree pool with hip boots, then knee boots, then chest waders.
With the chest waders, if you bend your knees before they fill up, they will actually float you if you can relax and lean back. If they fill up and you are relaxed, you can tread water for quite a while. They will not sink you, as water does not weigh you down in water. We all were under the misconception that you would sink immediately, and found out otherwise LOL.
With the chest waders, if you bend your knees before they fill up, they will actually float you if you can relax and lean back. If they fill up and you are relaxed, you can tread water for quite a while. They will not sink you, as water does not weigh you down in water. We all were under the misconception that you would sink immediately, and found out otherwise LOL.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 4:50 pm to Lonnie Utah
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the water in your waders weighs the same as the water outside of your waders.
This keeps being mentioned, and it is true. But to swim or maneuver in waders, all the weight of water inside the waders has to move with your legs, and displace the weight of water outside the waders. The more water in the waders, that harder it is.
I always try to make sure i carry my pocket knife to try and cut out of the wader legs, but that's probably not going to happen in a panic situation.
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