"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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I don't know what would have happened if I had drifted into a tree in the
water - I don't think I would have been able to climb up onto the tree
trunk, and if I went under it I'd be tangled up in the branches.

I used to have a downloaded video clip that showed a wader swept downstream
and rapidly approaching a sweeper in the water. The instruction pointed out
that you have one, and only one chance. The wader (now swimmer) was in the
appropriate downriver position, and used his leg muscles to literally walk
to branches of the sweeper. As his feet hit the branch, he flexed his legs
and used his back to kind of surf against the current, for a moment. This
allowed him to clear the end of the branch and continue downstream.

Darned if I can find the video clip to see where it was found. I can't find
it on google either.