Bob DBF
Contributor
This is a hazard most people aren't well-informed about. I had no idea this was a hazard. Even now it sounds surreal; I've seen enough of TMHeimer's posts to take him at his word. I imagine going to a shoreline, standing there on dry rocks well away from the water with my back to it, looking at the timber or whatever...when suddenly this freakish big wave out of a horror movie sneaks up behind me, snatches me off the rocks and drags me out to sea and drowns me.
One of the warnings that is given to those that hike the NorCal shoreline. Another danger is the way big waves carve the shore during a storm, after the storm and it is calm an pretty you can walk out into the Ocean and the water can go from ankle or calf high to six feet deep 50 degree water in a step. It's usually a wake up call for the victim, but if waves are still coming in it can be fatal, especially to kids.
It's not that important for what a lot of us do. There are many scenarios in life where a hard-bodied fitness devotee might overcome the odds and survive. But in terms of the odds of that coming up, vs. the price of transforming and maintaining oneself in that way...well, obviously for many people, the juice just ain't worth the squeeze.
Don't always bet on the hard-bodied fitness devotee, a lot of survival is attitude and stubbornness.
Bob