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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (33706)	10/17/2001 1:47:56 PM
From: DOUG H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I wear shoes most of the time. One never knows what lurks under the sand. I find the soft surface greatly reduces the pounding of joints usually aquainted with running. At 43, I can only take so much. Rips along stretches of beach are cool as long as you know to flow with them and reassess where you want to exit the water. You will never beat rips. Rivermouths should be avoided for the most part. I can probably do a couple of miles in the open ocean but would not want to have to!

To: Poet who wrote (33706)	10/17/2001 2:40:39 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I was a very strong swimmer. The coach wanted me to join the high school varsity swim team. I didn't want to spend the time to do that - I was too much of a bum. When I was about 20 I swam in the ocean (near La Jolla) for the last time ( I used to swim and body surf year round - brrr.) I was caught in an offshore gyre - a mega-rip that took me out probably close to a 1/3 mile. I swam across the rip but I kept going further and further out. When I finally made my way back to shore, I was pounded by an intense set of shorebreakers that beat me to a pulp. I was so close to being exhausted that it took everything I had to drag my sorry carcass up on the beach. I never swam in the ocean again. I have an acquaintance who had a similarly frightening experience while surfing. He surfed everyday for 10 years and ended up being almost drowned. He came up to the shore and planted his board, saying "Anyone who wants it can have it." This was one battle that no human is capable of winning - a head to head battle with the sea is no small matter.