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re: Could you swim across the Mississippi River?
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:31 pm to IAmNERD
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:31 pm to IAmNERD
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Why are yall saying no?
Every year people try to do this and the lucky ones end up getting rescued while others drown. Very few have made it. What makes you think you won't panic when you are so exhausted you cant feel your limbs?
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Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:32 pm to lsupride87
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She swam south, but if she took the path they suggested, she was absolutely swimming against the current the entire time
She swam/floated north, though.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:33 pm to BritsOutIRA
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when i was 19 i did it in BR with 2 pals. ended up pretty far downstream
Four teenagers tried in in the 80,they all tied themselves together incase one on them couldn't make it I guess. They found all their body's still tied together.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:34 pm to The Mick
no
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:34 pm to Lokistale
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Well... For comparison sake. The distance that she swam was only about 0.5 miles, the Ironman triathlon swim distance is 2.4 miles.
If a woman was able to swim that route in the MS river and get across I’d consider it a much greater achievement than swimming in a triathlon. Especially at the river’s current flow.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:35 pm to Golfer
quote:True
She swam/floated north, though.
Let me correct it. Her path was ultimately downstream. But to take the path she took, she would have been swimming upstream the entire way
Basically her highlighted path is impossible with the current movement of the river right now
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:36 pm to The Mick
Prove the haters wrong and do it. You will become famous and get all the vagine you want.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:36 pm to lsupride87
quote:Thank you
She swam south, but if she took the path they suggested, she was absolutely swimming against the current the entire time
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:38 pm to terriblegreen
quote:Do you really mean this?
I wish you would try.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:40 pm to lsupride87
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Let me correct it. Her path was ultimately downstream. But to take the path she took, she would have been swimming upstream the entire way Basically her highlighted path is impossible with the current movement of the river right now
Makes sense. I’m thinking she went in further upriver and was able to catch the eddy at Algiers Point.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:40 pm to Swagga
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I’d consider it a much greater achievement than swimming in a triathlon.
I'd never attempt it as it is definitely risky. I'm not saying strong swimmers would make it 100% of the time. I am not overly surprised that someone made it though. Swimming 2.4 miles is nearly 5 times the distance she swam and people are conserving enough energy to bike 112 miles and run a marathon afterwards. I think many more can survive it from an endurance perspective than you think. It's the dangers from ships, debris, etc. that I worry about. But I can see how someone is lucky to avoid it all and get across too.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:41 pm to The Mick
Sure. In Ohio.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:42 pm to The Mick
Some idiot tried swimming to Algiers from the area behind artillery Park. I think he got about 25 yards.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:44 pm to farmertiger
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What makes you think you won't panic when you are so exhausted you cant feel your limbs?
1. The distance is only 1/2 mile. Consider that swimmers have crossed the English Channel 20-25 miles + OCEAN currents
2. No pictures, so she may be wearing a wet suite, which increases buoyancy
3. Per reports, she was trailed by multiple boats and rescue services.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:47 pm to The Mick
It's possible depending on where in the river and whatever situational factors that affect strength of the currents, but there's also a good chance that I would drown. It would probably mostly be luck if I made it. And I don't think it has anything to do with being a very strong swimmer. It doesn't matter how strong of a swimmer you are. The river is stronger.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:48 pm to The Mick
Good luck getting in the river for anything right now.
Ongoing flooding may threaten mississippi rivers old river control structure
Ongoing flooding may threaten mississippi rivers old river control structure
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:48 pm to The Mick
Years ago I remember one of my Dad's friends claim to had done it when he was in his early 20's. He said by the time he got across he was about a mile down river from where he started. I always doubted his story but I have no doubt that someone has done it before.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:48 pm to The Mick
This subject has been discussed many times on this site. There's tales of people doing it. We had one OTer attempt to kayak across and nearly died.
This post was edited on 6/10/19 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:49 pm to The Mick
frick yea I could swim across the Mississippi assuming we are talking about the headwaters pictured above
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:51 pm to The Mick
quote:i can walk across that sucker
Could you swim across the Mississippi River
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