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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
Or they did make it and ditched the raft after and didn't have to swim at all. It wasn't impossible, it still isn't impossible being that people swim it for recreation now. Would they need some good luck? Of course, but its not like they were trying sail up niagara
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They didn't actually have a raft - they attempted to make something that floats from rain coats, scraps of wood and rubber cement. I believe they made paddles but the last guy had them and he stayed behind (don't recal the details)
Anyways, it's a hell of a swim, all I can say from experience is that I've entered from the ocean twice under that bridge in strong tides and it's unreal how fast the water is moving in and out of that bay.
I don't think anything is really known about which direction they were headed or attempted, I do recall the wind was against them in the only sensible direction.
I fell overboard a couple times in my life on the Bering sea and it's fucked. Even with water temps at 55 - 60 degrees, it's stil very difficult to swim as your body immediately pulls the blood from your arms and legs to the core - making it nearly impossible to use your limbs and hypothermia comes quickly. I can't imagine experiencing that and trying to fight he wind and tide at the same time knowing that if you let off just a little bit, you get shot miles out to sea